Ping Identity (NYSE: PING), a pioneer in Intelligent Identity solutions, today announced the winners of the 2019 Identity Excellence Awards, a program that distinguishes the customers who are setting the bar for innovation and excellence in identity security. The recipients were awarded at Ping Identity’s IDENTIFY conference in New York.
“We’re thrilled to recognize several of our customers who are leveraging modern identity management and security as the foundation for a range of innovative, mission critical digital transformation initiatives within their organizations,” said Andre Durand, CEO, Ping Identity. “These companies have adopted best practices that not only strengthen their security posture, but also improve user experience and engagement with their customers, partners and employees.”
Customer Experience Champion
Winner: Merrill Corporation
Merrill was recognized for its ability to quickly implement an API-based authentication solution around its core platform product to deliver a new and improved experience for its customers and partners on its website and mobile applications.
Identity Innovator
Winner: TIAA
TIAA was awarded for its robust detection, prevention and deception system for its APIs. TIAA is a leader in the market in achieving a Zero Trust architecture for its customers and workforce with Ping Identity’s artificial intelligence driven API security solution.
Identity Security Revolutionary
Winner: Intuit
Intuit was presented as a winner for solving a challenging problem of provisioning secure, managed devices for its large workforce. The company leveraged identity and modern IAM standards to allow users to access their devices with ease during onboarding, improving productivity of its global workforce.
Modern Identity Pioneer
Winner: Equifax
Equifax was honored for being a true modernization pioneer for use of the Ping Intelligent Identity platform to create a consolidated authentication authority designed for use by more than 23,000 employees, contractors and vendor personnel operating in over 24 countries. Using the consolidated platform, Equifax upgraded its multi-factor authentication for remote access and now manages more than 500,000 authentications per day.
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About Ping Identity
Ping Identity is pioneering Intelligent Identity. We help enterprises achieve Zero Trust identity-defined security and more personalized, streamlined user experiences. The Ping Intelligent IdentityTM platform provides customers, employees, partners and, increasingly, IoT, with access to cloud, mobile, SaaS and on-premises applications and APIs, while also managing identity and profile data at scale. Over half of the Fortune 100 choose us for our identity expertise, open standards leadership, and partnership with companies including Microsoft and Amazon. We provide flexible options to extend hybrid IT environments and accelerate digital business initiatives with multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, access management, intelligent API security, directory and data governance capabilities. Visit www.pingidentity.com.
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