Identity Security for Agencies that Can’t Afford Disruption

Governments are responsible for delivering critical services that citizens depend on every day. At the same time, they must defend against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks while supporting employees, contractors, partners, and constituents across cloud, hybrid, and legacy environments.

Identity has become one of government’s most critical vulnerabilities, with 65% of government organizations reporting an identity-related breach in the last three years. As agencies modernize infrastructure and advance Zero Trust initiatives, RSA ID Plus helps  reduce identity risk with phishing-resistant authentication, adaptive security, and identity verification across cloud, hybrid, legacy, and air-gapped environments.

Most agencies operate across a mix of cloud services, legacy systems, remote workers, contractors, and shared devices. Security solutions must work across all environments without disrupting operations or requiring agencies to replace existing infrastructure.

How RSA helps:

• Provides deployment flexibility across cloud, legacy, and air-gapped environments,
• including integration with existing identity investments such as Microsoft Entra ID
• Supports passkeys, FIDO, hardware, and mobile authenticators
• Provides deployment flexibility without requiring infrastructure replacement

Passwords remain one of the most common attack vectors used by cybercriminals. Yet 57% of organizations still rely on passwords as their primary authentication method. As phishing campaigns continue to evolve, agencies need stronger methods of authenticating users without adding friction or complexity.

How RSA helps:

• RSA ID Plus delivers phishing-resistant and passwordless authentication
• RSA Risk AI® applies adaptive authentication based on user, device,  and risk context
• Supports passkeys, FIDO authenticators, and hardware authenticators
• Extends strong authentication across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments

When identity systems go down, agency operations stop. A single point of failure in authentication infrastructure puts critical services at risk exactly when continuity matters most.

How RSA helps:

• Adaptive authentication with offline and fallback capabilities keeps access running during outages and disruptions
• Continuous authentication ensures agencies maintain access during outage scenarios
• Hybrid deployment reduces reliance on any single point of failure

Cybercriminals increasingly target help desks and service desks to bypass authentication controls through impersonation and social engineering. These attacks can undermine even strong authentication programs if agencies lack reliable methods for verifying user identities.

How RSA helps:

• RSA ID Proofing verifies identities during enrollment and credential recovery
• RSA Help Desk Live Verify supports high-risk identity verification workflows
• RSA Risk AI detects suspicious activity and allows admins to implement adaptive security controls
• RSA Mobile Lock® strengthens trust in mobile  and BYOD devices

Passwordless initiatives stall when they can’t reach legacy systems, VPN, RADIUS, or field devices. Agencies need strong authentication that works everywhere, not just modern SaaS apps.

How RSA helps:

• Passwordless and phishing-resistant authentication extends across cloud, hybrid, on-premises, and legacy environments
• Supports passkeys, FIDO authenticators, hardware tokens, and mobile authenticators for diverse device populations
• Flexible deployment without requiring infrastructure replacement

Audit processes that rely on manual evidence gathering are slow, inconsistent, and difficult to scale across hybrid environments.

How RSA helps:

• Policy enforcement during authentication ensures consistency across every access event
• Continuous, audit-ready evidence reduces manual effort for compliance and reporting
• Consistent authentication posture across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments supports audit and regulatory requirements

Learn more about how RSA secures identity for government agencies worldwide.

• On-premises
• Air-gapped / classified environments
• Private cloud
• Hybrid (cloud and on-premises)

• FIPS 140-2
• FIPS 140-3
• FedRAMP
• FIDO2
• PIV/CAC
• ISO9001:2015
• CMMC 2.0

See the full list of RSA certifications.

• EO 14028 + CISA Zero Trust Architecture
• FISMA / NIST SP 800-53
• NIST SP 800-63B
• (AAL2 / AAL3)
• FedRAMP
• CJIS Security Policy
• CMMC 2.0