Only Octopus Passwordless MFA works with today’s complex enterprise infrastructure – without recoding apps or rearchitecting identity infrastructure.
As a result, others take months, Octopus takes an hour. Eliminate the password threat, day one.
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No Re-Coding Your Applications The SDO platform works with FIDO or SAML-ready apps, and your corporate password-centric apps |
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No Rearchitecting Directories Octopus works with Active Directory and all cloud directories |
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No Additional Identity Infrastructure Move fast with No certificate-issuing authority required |
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No New Authentication Hardware Use phishing-resistant mobile push and FIDO2 or smartcards where they make sense |
Octopus passwordless authentication software works across your full spectrum of enterprise use cases, including all desktop, cloud, and corporate applications. It seamlessly integrates with Active Directory and even secures remote access for VPNs, VDIs, and industrial air gap environments.
Eliminate the threat from user passwords, day one. Other passwordless technology takes months to recode apps and rearchitect infrastructure to support FID02, SAML, or X.509 authentication before converting a single user. Not Octopus.
WATCH VIDEOToday’s hybrid infrastructures support a complex workforce with diverse workflows to meet job functions. Octopus provides the most flexible authentication methods that match each worker’s needs and preferences while ensuring MFA compliance.
Our Phishing-resistant MFA eliminates the attacker’s ability to exploit passwords or phish users and detonate ransomware
Passwordless means no more Help Desk calls to reset passwords, and quarterly (or even daily) rotations take just the click of a button
Passwordless multi-factor authentication eliminates users keeping secrets. That frees IT to modernize infrastructure without the drag of user coordination
Default value is based on empirical test by author for 12 char complex password, your time may vary. SDO passwordless MFA takes ~ 5 sec.
20 was chosen as default based on the author’s personal experience and a small survey of the author’s acquaintances. Change the value to best fit your workforce.
According to Slack and Gartner, average number of password reset help desk calls per employee is 8 per year:
Research indicates average time to resolve help desk ticket is 8.6 mins:
Research shows it takes up to 9.5 minutes for employees to get back into a workflow after switching tasks:
½ incident occurrence was chosen as default based on Thales research indicating 50% of business experience a data breach each year. You may wish to increase or decrease based on your risk exposure:
Total cost of data breach was derived from IBM research: You may wish to change value based on your risk exposure:
Verizon DBIR indicates 82% of attacks exploit user and their credentials:
Research indicates companies working through data breaches lose 3.6% of company valuation within the first 110 days, 15% after 3 years. You may wish to change value based on your risk exposure:
“The default TCO estimate is based on the information you provided. However, after speaking with SDO sales, you can change it to your actual cost to produce your business justification report.”
Number of employees and contractors who need Fully Passwordless | 1,000 | ||
Company’s estimated valuation | $50M | ||
Weighted full-time equivalent (FTE) cost | $80,700/yr |
Predicted frequency of data breaches (per year) | 0.50/yr | ||
Estimated total financial impact of a single data breach | $4,240,000 | ||
IBM research indicates $4.2M per incident | |||
Percentage of data breaches originating from users and their credential exploited | 82% | ||
Verizon DBIR report indicates 82% | |||
Business financial gain by avoiding data breaches | $ 1,738,400 | ||
Percentage estimated business valuation loss after a data breach | 3.6% | ||
Research indicates companies working through data breaches lose 3.6% of company valuation within the first 110 days, 15% after 3 years. | |||
Your business valuation improvement with Full Passwordless MFA | $4.25014 | ||
Slashing the attack by surface pays dividends | $3,214,400 |
Time to remember, type the password, and perform traditional MFA | 15sec | ||
The average number of logins in a working day per user | 20/day | ||
Total workforce FTE improvement with Full Passwordless MFA | $280,208 |
Number of account lockouts per year, per worker | 8/yr | ||
Time for helpdesk & user to resolve lockout ticket | 8.6mins | ||
Time for users to task switch back to productive work | 9.5mins | ||
Research shows it takes up to 9.5 minutes for employees to get back into a workflow after switching tasks | |||
Help Desk FTE improvement by eliminating password reset tasks | $46,268 | ||
Workforce FTE improvement not calling Help Desk for password reset | $97,378 |
Desktop and application MFA mandate | Yes | ||
Remote worker (VPN) MFA mandate | Yes | ||
Password rotation requirement | Yes |
Full Passwordless MFA total cost of ownership (TCO) | $91,155 | ||
Workforce productivity FTE company-wide improvement. | $423,854 | ||
Return times the investment | 11 X | ||
Slashing your attack surface by 82% pays dividends | $3,214,400 | ||
Return times the investment | 27 X |