New PingFederate 6.6 enables custom user authentication methods and distributed attributes

ing Identity(R), The Cloud Identity Security Leader(TM), today announced new adaptive federation capabilities in its PingFederate cloud identity management software that allow businesses to easily extend their existing security policies to the Cloud.

Cloud, big data, social identities and personal mobile devices are forcing organizations to re-evaluate and reconstruct their existing identity security policies. A recent Ernst & Young Survey of 1,700 information security executives found 80% are challenged to deliver IS initiatives for these new technologies. 48% say cloud computing implementations are difficult or very difficult, and just over half have not implemented any controls to mitigate the risks associated with cloud computing. Read more here…