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New version of authenticator app released

iWelcome released a new version of the authenticator app. The authenticator app provides an additional verification factor to login to your organisation’s IT systems. The new version of the app is available for iOS, Android app Windows Phone app. iWelcome authenticator app provides an additional verification factor to log in to your organisation’s IT systems.

The new version adds the following general features: 1.  New iWelcome look & feel 2.  German language 3.  French language   Additionally enhanced support for iPhone iOS is added: 1. iOS 9 2. all recent iPhone models (including 64 bit). 

Authenticator part of full scope authentication offering

Besides the authenticator app, iWelcome supports different authentication methods so you can use the best method for your specific use case. iWelcome supports the following authentication methods:

• Username / password
• One time password (SMS or email)
• 2-Factor authentication: for instance using tokens, mobile app, grid, software or certificates
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• 3rd party: OAuth, SAML or OpenID based authentication
• Social media: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc.
• Biometric authentication
• Risk or Context based authentication - measure the risk when the user authenticates and challenge the user with additional stronger credentials if necessary

iWelcome supports the concept of authentication levels: we can enforce different types of authentication based on the application a user wants to access. This way you can provide password based SSO access to your common applications and present an additional authentication step, for instance the use of a token to protect your financial applications. Read more about our authentication options.