Secure connectivity provider, Cloudbrink, is introducing a new suite of identity management services, along with a new integration with Crowdstrike, to its Personal SASE platform.
Unified authorization and authentication added to identity services
The new additions to these services will enable customers to manage user authentication and authorization from a single console, utilizing a unified policy engine.
This update enables Cloudbrink to simplify management and operations, reduce errors and oversight, and lower costs to minimize dependency on standalone IDPs and eliminate costly security incidents.
“We are continually working toward increasing security and simplifying management within Cloudbrink. Adding identity management and Crowdstrike integration provides critical authentication and authorization of both users and devices in the true spirit of zero-trust security,” said Prakash Mana, CEO of Cloudbrink. “It can be overwhelming to manage the ever increasing complexity of AI apps, hybrid workforce, and proliferation of cloud services, plus third party users. Cloudbrink has been successful in delivering the best user experience for hybrid workforce with its innovative architecture, and now we are pleased to announce the ability to manage users identity services on the same platform.”
Cloudbrink’s identity management services
Cloudbrink has a suite of capabilities that enable customers to manage user identity and access controls on the Cloudbrink Personal SASE platform.
These services support specific capabilities, including:
- SAML 2.0: Cloudbrink integrates with all standard IDPs (like Entra ID, Okta, OneLogin, Keycloak, etc.) using the SAML protocol and supports MFA and group-based role assignment to the users.
- SCIM: Synchronizing the user-group with SCOM maps information from the IDPs is highly simplified and becomes less error-prone.
- Local User Collections: Cloudbrink supports creating and managing user-to-group mappings on the platform and utilizes the Users Collections feature so customers can group their users (internal and external) into different roles and apply access controls accordingly.
- Native OTP: The native OTP authentication policy enables customers to authenticate and authorize the users from the local User Collections, so that it is now easy and secure to manage the users.
- Multi Groups: Users can be part of multiple groups, with Cloudbrink retrieving all the groups to which the user belongs and providing access controls across all these groups.
- Nested Groups: Users can be part of one group, which is also part of another group. Cloudbrink retrieves all the nested groups to which users belong and applies the access control policies accordingly.
- Device authentication: Cloudbrink supports device or machine authentication and authorization. It’s useful for cases like using Cloudbrink for M2M access scenarios, branch office scenarios, or AI agent or container deployments.
Cloudbrink offers a single console for all operations, providing unified policy definitions and visibility in a single, integrated solution. It allows various-sized teams to manage a large user base of internal and third-party users by eliminating administrative overhead.
“We are getting interest across Asia from customers that want to manage their external users, such as contractors, suppliers, and vendors, on their local ZTNA,” said KiHwan Lee of WITHX. “Cloudbrink developed a robust identity management service that gives our customers the unified platform they need, with the consolidation benefits of easier management and lower cost, while still providing the lightning fast secure access Cloudbrink is known for.”
WITHX is Cloudbrink’s exclusive partner in South Korea. Through a collaboration with WITHX, Cloudbrink developed this release to address customer demand for integrated identity services in the region.
Crowdstrike integration
The integration between Crowdstrike and Cloudbrink allows customers to read the Zero-Trust Score from the Crowdstrike Falcon platform and control user access to enterprise applications.
It allows customers to detect and remove, quarantine, or block any endpoint that is out of compliance or impacted by malware or an untrusted state immediately and automatically.
Integrating Crowdstrike with Cloudbrink provides customers with endpoint security, access security, and enhanced application performance.
These new moves by Cloudbrink follow the organization’s strategic channel expansion. Learn more about how Cloudbrink is growing its channel footprint.