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Beyond Identity, the provider of phishing-resistant and passwordless MFA, announces its two-pronged partnership with IT services and consulting company World Wide Technology (WWT). The engagement between the two leaders allows WWT to harness Beyond Identity’s authentication platform internally while also acting as a global channel partner. WWT has already initiated an internal roll-out of Beyond Identity’s passwordless, multi-factor authentication (MFA) to its 8,000 employees. Cyber insurance policies Cyber attacks continue to grow in scale, including the massive wave of ransomware and account take over breaches. Traditional MFA was the go-to solution for password vulnerabilities - the largest initial attack vector year after year. Cyber attacks continue to grow in scale, including the massive wave of ransomware But even run-of-the-mill threat actors are equipped to bypass legacy MFA at scale. This volatile environment has prompted new government zero trust regulations that specify passwordless and phishing-resistant MFA. Insurance carriers are also mandating MFA to be broadly deployed across organisations before issuing or renewing cyber insurance policies, making the user experience increasingly important. Zero-trust requirements Beyond Identity’s advanced solution meets both phishing-resistant and more stringent zero-trust requirements. It eliminates passwords and all other weak MFA factors like push notifications, one-time-codes, and magic links, and creates a frictionless authentication experience using a combination of device biometrics and strong cryptographic passkeys. The solution provides the base layer for zero trust with strong user authentication and an advanced policy engine that evaluates device security posture and incorporates additional risk signals from MDM, EDR, XDR, and ZTNA solutions during the authentication transaction and continuously thereafter. Showcase important integrations The partnership will enable WWT to significantly reduce its own and its customers’ cybersecurity risk “Modern cyber attacks have unfortunately surpassed traditional MFA technology, leaving organisations’ widely exposed,” said Thomas Jermoluk, CEO of Beyond Identity. “If there’s a password, or other weak factors, there’s an easily exploited attack vector for threat actors. Beyond Identity’ enables organisations to modernise their infrastructure and stay ahead of hackers.” “The world is going passwordless and we’re delighted that WWT selected Beyond Identity to take their company there today,” said Bill Hogan, CRO of Beyond Identity. “Their entire go-to-market team can now personally vouch our unmatched user experience and with Beyond Identity available in WWT’s Advanced Technology Centre, their team can showcase important integrations with zero trust leaders like CrowdStrike and Zscaler.” The partnership will enable WWT to significantly reduce its own and its customers’ cybersecurity risk with a critical component of zero trust, and reduce help costs by eliminating password reset calls. Secure digital future “After evaluating a strategic partnership with Beyond Identity, it was clear that they could provide value to our company beyond just an industry relationship,” said Jim Kavanaugh, CEO of WWT. “We were blown away by Beyond Identity’s advanced MFA, and the awesome user experience also played a large part in our decision making. Beyond Identity shares our passion and vision for advanced technology that moves the needle for businesses, and a brighter and more secure digital future.” Based in Maryland Heights, Missouri, WWT boasts over 30 years in the industry, employs approximately 8,000 individually globally, and was named by Time Magazine as one of the ‘100 Most Influential Companies’ in the 2021 ‘Leaders’ category. As an IT provider to more than 70 Fortune 100 companies, including financial institutions, WWT is trusted with highly confidential information every day.

The agreement allows WWT to resell A10 professional services and develop its own custom services for A10 solutions A10 Networks, a technology leader in application networking, announced recently that World Wide Technology (WWT), a market-leading systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions to clients throughout the world, has been promoted to A10 Affinity Platinum status: the top tier in the A10 Affinity partner program. WWT formally joined the A10 Affinity partner program in 2014, and this promotion to Platinum status is the result of significant new joint investments, wins, and revenue throughout 2014 and early 2015.  The combination of A10 Networks and WWT The combination of A10 Networks’ solutions and WWT’s global integration and services capabilities provides a powerful, flexible, and cost-effective total solution for joint clients, with a special focus on emerging telecommunications service providers. In addition to reselling the full suite of A10’s application networking solutions, the agreement allows WWT to resell A10 professional services and develop its own custom services for A10 solutions. A10 is featured in the WWT Advanced Technology Center (ATC), a collaborative ecosystem to design, build, demonstrate and deploy innovative technology products and integrated solutions for WWT’s customers and partners. Highly credentialed subject matter experts leverage the ATC in order to demonstrate how products, applications and architectures work together in next-generation environments to solve real-world challenges. “WWT has worked diligently to become a Platinum member of A10 Networks’ partner community and we’re thrilled with this promotion,” said Kraig Ecker, Director of Emerging Service Providers at WWT. “We have enjoyed a series of excellent joint wins with A10 Networks and we look forward to many more. WWT’s customers benefit from the performance, features, and cost-effectiveness of A10’s technology and we look forward to continuing our successful global partnership.” An ideal complement to the A10 solutions A10 and WWT have worked together for several years, selling joint solutions to leading service provider and other customers across multiple verticals, including software, web 2.0, managed hosting provider, and financial services companies. WWT’s extensive integration, services and international logistics capabilities are proven to be an ideal complement to the A10 solutions portfolio, providing superior value for joint clients. “Our fast-growing partnership with WWT represents a major expansion of A10’s global sales capabilities,” said Kirsten Young, VP of Global Channels for A10 Networks. “Besides having a broad base of loyal customers, WWT is a well-respected systems integrator, known for providing expert solutions and strategies for its customers. Together, A10 and WWT will bring an extensive choice of services and support to customers around the world, and we are excited to be working with them.”