2015 Blog posting – In case you missed our announcement at AWS Summit New York last week, we introduced a new security collaboration with FortyCloud, to help enterprises further secure Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments. This Datapipe/FortyCloud solution is called 2Factor Secure Cloud Access. It integrates Datapipe’s two-factor authentication service, Datapipe Auth, with FortyCloud’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) security model to deliver enhanced security, access, and control to clients operating AWS environments, which allows for easier, more secure remote access of public cloud operations.
Check out what FortyCloud’s CEO, Amit Cohen, had to say about the news:
“Across industries, the benefits of operating a public cloud are well known; however, the risk of unleashing control of an organization’s data is still a great concern. With the added Datapipe Auth capability and the FortyCloud native capabilities, we will offer customers a complete enterprise-grade managed security solution for AWS to help remove the barriers associated with enterprise adoption of the public cloud.”
Our CSO, Joel Friedman also weighed in on the day’s news, saying:
“Two-factor authenticated VPN is a security standard for enterprises, but is rarely used natively in public clouds. With today’s announcement, we are making it feasible for businesses to confidently deploy the same stringent security standards found in traditional IT environments to the public cloud. Given the amount of security breaches resulting from password compromises, strong authentication is a huge benefit for today’s public clouds. In addition, the benefit of restricting users to cloud assets by role delivers far more manageability and granular network access control than commonly used jump host configurations.”
Here is a brief overview on how the new Datapipe – FortyCloud solution works:
For more information on 2Factor Secure Cloud Access, please see here.
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