Build a seamless collaboration network
In B2B scenarios, where multiple organisations collaborate and exchange information, it is crucial to establish trusted identities for individuals belonging to different organisations. B2B Identity Management solutions enable organisations to authenticate, authorise, and provide access privileges to external users while maintaining security and compliance.
As a B2B IAM leader, Thales caters to all your B2B user groups, delivering unmatched security, scalability, and ease of use for seamless collaboration across your B2B ecosystem.
Achieve efficient collaboration across your network
Streamline onboarding and log in. Make it easy for third-party users to on-board and off-board users.
Easily scale, secure and govern access while facilitating compliance
Manage access and privacy for all users and prevent fraud and penalties while staying compliant.
Reduce admin costs
Eliminate the cost of managing users who are not in your proximity by delegating user administration to your business partners.
A Gateway to Seamless B2B Collaboration
Enterprises encounter persistent access and collaboration challenges among partners, suppliers, brokers and other third-party users. Our B2B IAM solution transforms this situation from chaos to calm, simplifying access while enhancing security across your entire B2B network.
Analyst Research
Addressing the needs of third-party identities: Business-to-Business IAM
This analyst research report by Thales and S&P Global Market Intelligence 451 Research explores the emerging segment of Business-to-Business Identity and Access Management (B2B IAM), highlighting key findings, challenges, and best practices for managing external identities.
HOW THALES CAN HELP
Key Capabilities of Third-Party and B2B Identity Management
Modernise your B2B identity management
Within your organisation, modernise your B2B identity management systems to effectively streamline access control, ensuring secure and efficient collaboration among teams, while also enforcing consistent authorisation policies at scale.
Delegated User Management
Give partners the right level of control and accountability. Empower external organisations to oversee and manage their own employees while you maintain oversight and save administrative costs.
User Journey Orchestration
Provide a personalised onboarding experience based on the user persona. Simplify lifecycle management by automating provisioning across diverse backend and source systems.
Externalized Authorization
Securely grant or restrict partner access to resources, data, and services based on predefined policies. Easily deal with ethical walls that companies might want to establish.
Access Management
Manage all different applications and systems. The administration, reporting, (de)provisioning of access can be automated with better compliance.
Consent & Preference Management
Allows for collection of consent before non-employees can access a company's resources.
Improve B2B security
Liberate your B2B relationships from security concerns and foster deeper collaboration. By leveraging essential Identity and Access Management (IAM) components in the B2B login and verification processes, you can enable enhanced security measures and facilitate seamless cooperation among partners.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Bolster trust with additional security layers, curbing unauthorised access for your external partners.
Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)
For regulated sectors like BFSI, secure systems, ensuring only authorised external identities gain access, reinforcing trust in your partnerships.
Risk-Based Authentication (RBA)
Adapt security measures dynamically, safeguarding external identities against evolving threats, and nurturing a secure ecosystem.
Thales Named an Overall Leader
Find the product or service that best meets your needs, and learn why KuppingerCole named Thales a Market Leader, Overall Leader, and Innovation Leader in Access Management
When it comes to identity management, B2B resides at the most complex end of the spectrum. That’s because there is no one-size-fits-all solution. We are not merely discussing the lifecycle management of a single type of identity, such as customers or employees. Instead, we are faced with the challenge of effectively managing an array of diverse identities, from partners to gig workers and many more, each vital to your business, and each with its unique lifecycle and engagement requirements.
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Frequently asked questions
B2B interactions require specific capabilities. B2E (Workforce) access management solutions or IGA solutions do not address these specific needs. Thales provides capabilities like Delegated User Management, Externalized Authorization, and Consent & Preference Management that are tailor-made for B2B use cases.
Typical B2C CIAM solutions do not meet the needs of B2B interactions, leading to a lot of custom development to achieve desired outcomes. B2B interactions require a lot more granular relationship management due to multiple or nested relationships. Multiply that with the complexity of fine-grained authorization, and organisations are likely to spend significantly more time to build the right set of B2B capabilities. This can often lead to much longer project durations and significantly higher TCO.
Yes, the Consent & Preference Management module takes into account the data privacy needs of external users. The Delegated User Management also relieves the burden from your IT teams and puts it on your partner or supplier’s shoulders, where it belongs. This ensures that third-party access privileges are better-managed.
Yes. Thales OneWelcome Identity Platform is based on a very modular structure where individual apps (capabilities) can be purchased separately. Explore our OneWelcome modules.
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