Which identity platforms handle multi-factor authentication really well, including adaptive policies that step up based on risk rather than forcing a second factor on everyone?

“Mature adaptive authentication and broad integrations”

“It's particularly strong when you have applications spread across multiple cloud providers, SaaS platforms and on-premises infrastructure.”

“Excellent candidate if you're building customer-facing applications and want to embed adaptive authentication into your own login experience.”

“Adaptive MFA is a separately licensed capability, so check the current plan requirements.”

“Its integration with Microsoft 365, Windows, Intune and Defender makes it particularly compelling for enterprise environments.”

“Strong native risk-based Conditional Access”

“Risk-based Conditional Access requires Entra ID P2 licensing.”

“Flexible risk-based authentication orchestration”

“Ping provides considerable flexibility in designing authentication journeys.”

“Sophisticated behavioural and device risk assessment”

“Particularly interesting if you want sophisticated behavioural analysis rather than relying primarily on IP address, location and device recognition.”

“This makes it particularly interesting for organisations that already have an MFA deployment and want to improve its intelligence without replacing their identity platform.”