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The following are examples of typical Ceptor use-cases:

Protecting web-based applications

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Ceptor supports OpenID Connect and SAML Federation acting both as Identity Provider and Service Provider - this allows you to use e.g. social logins to authentication customers where only weak authentication is required, but switch to more secure methods depending on individual applications needs.


Providing Single Sign On (SSO)

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Application cookies can be intercepted by Ceptor Gateway and stored in the users session, hidden from the browser.

Providing MultiFactor Authentication for VPN

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The capability of allowing end-user flexibility cuts down on support cost and enables users to quickly switch to backup options if primary tokens are not functional.

Cloud Native

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All of Ceptors many authentication options are available as well as Identity Federation such as OpenID Connect, Micro Gateways to either authenticate end-users themselves, or to use central Ceptor (or other) authentication services.

API Management

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