The Dubai Municipality is a government entity in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dubai Municipality is a key government organization responsible for overseeing the urban planning, development, and maintenance of public facilities and services in the city of Dubai. It plays a crucial role in shaping the city’s infrastructure, ensuring public health and safety, and implementing sustainable and innovative solutions for the community.
The Challenge
Dubai Municipality, being a government organization, places paramount importance on security. Consequently, the municipality sought a self-hosted Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform that could be tailored to align with their stringent network security standards for system access and audit capabilities. The objective was to establish a unified IAM platform catering to both employees and citizens, capable of seamlessly scaling to accommodate millions of authentications across web and mobile devices.
What did
Centroxy do
As we assessed IAM products available in the market, it became clear that we needed a solution capable of accommodating our current and future access management needs. Opting for Gluu, we were confident that the platform would effortlessly scale to meet our performance demands, seamlessly integrate with our existing technology stack, and empower us to introduce a broader array of products and services in the future. The Gluu platform not only enables on-premise deployment but also secures both modern and legacy applications, offering the flexibility essential for meeting our distinctive business requirements in authentication and authorization.
The Results
- The SSO solution has become the cornerstone of Dubai Municipality's identity infrastructure, offering a centralized and consolidated identity service for a diverse array of mission-critical applications. It offers flexibility in configuring authentication policies and integrating with various identity providers. This customization enables Dubai Municipality to tailor the authentication experience to its specific requirements, ensuring optimal security and usability.
- MFA adds an extra layer of security beyond traditional username and password authentication. By requiring users to provide multiple forms of verification. It significantly reduces the risk of unauthorized access due to compromised credentials.
- The legacy applications are fully compatible with modern authentication approaches.
