Passwords have long been a source of friction and vulnerability for both IT teams and end-users, particularly in healthcare, where rapid and secure authentication services are equally critical to providing care. In this session, we’ll showcase how NewYork-Presbyterian implemented a robust, passwordless authentication system, leveraging Kerberos, X.509 certificates, the Shared Signals Framework, and advanced continuous posture assessment techniques.

Discover how our multi-faceted approach addresses legacy vulnerabilities while enabling seamless workflows for end-users. We’ll delve into:

·       The Power of Kerberos, X.509 Certificates, and Shared Signals: How these technologies form a cohesive, scalable foundation for passwordless authentication.

·       Unique Healthcare Deployment Realities: Overcoming industry-specific challenges such as regulatory compliance, complex workflows, and diverse device ecosystems.

·       Transparent Identity Verification: Ensuring trust through a continuous assessment of user and device posture to adapt authentication policies dynamically.

·       Bridging Physical and Logical Access: Integrating physical security with logical authentication to create a unified access control strategy tailored for healthcare environments.

Join us to explore the strategies and lessons learned from deploying passwordless authentication in a high-stakes, highly regulated environment, and learn how these principles can be applied across industries to drive innovation in secure and user-friendly identity systems.