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IBM Application Gateway

Easily extend modern authentication capabilities to legacy applications without code changes

Modern authentication for legacy systems

As organizations modernize their identity and access management (IAM) solutions, legacy applications are often abandoned due to a lack of funding and time or the ability to modify existing application authentication flows.

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Extend advanced authentication capabilities

Extends your modern advanced authentication capabilities, such as Passkeys, to legacy applications with no-code integrations.

Create consistent user experience

Allows enterprises to create a consistent user experience across all applications.

Create integrated user flows

Creates an integrated view of user flows to help reduce risk and improve regulatory compliance.

Seamlessly integrate with identity providers

Is product-agnostic and configurable in minutes, seamlessly integrating with all major identity providers.

Include Kubernetes integrations

Includes native Kubernetes integrations for performance, scalability and configuration, and has no additional dependencies.

Easily update legacy applications

IBM® Application Gateway seamlessly integrates with all major identity providers, including IBM® Verify, Okta, Microsoft® Entra ID, Ping and any compliant OIDC OP, extending modern authentication mechanisms to legacy applications with no code integrations.

Create a positive and consistent user experience

With no-code integrations, Application Gateway enables users to log into legacy applications with the same authentication they use for modern applications.

Improved security posture

Easily manage and enforce consistent user policies, comply with changing regulations and gain a holistic view of identities across your enterprise without adding budget or upskilling.

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