Category: General


How do you protect the information sent from the TraitWare mobile device App to the authentication server?

We require certificate pinning between the phone app and the authentication server. [Pinning is the process of associating a host with their expected X509 certificate or public key.]  Once a certificate or public key is known or seen by a host, the certificate or public key is associated or ‘pinned’ to the host. The integrity […]


What are the two+ factors in Passwordless MFA?

We deliver up to five factors of authentication, with four of them being completely transparent to the user: Physical possession of the mobile device that the TraitWare authenticator app is installed on. We use patented behavioral metrics to create a rotating ‘device signature’ that locks out the user if the device is tampered with (through […]


Does the TraitWare solution require SSO?

We use auth standards of SAML 2.0, OIDC, and OATH along with a Windows agent and a PAM module for integration to applications, Windows endpoints, and for Linux SSH/SFTP. This allows us to either sit in front of an existing IAM (SSO) solution or act as the IDP. We can also go to the service […]


Does TraitWare support event-based or time-based MFA?

We use a different methodology that delivers up to 5 factors of authentication per login request, of which 4 are transparent to the user. One of the factors is a rotating key; another is an OTP that can only be used from the authenticator with its device-bound crypto. So we use both an OTP and […]


How secure is the TraitWare authentication system?

To secure each individual’s identity TraitWare utilizes 1) the user’s mobile device equipped with the TraitWare Mobile App, and 2) the cloud-hosted TraitWare Authentication Server. Traitware’s authentication is incredibly effective against malicious attacks and identity theft by a magnitude greater than conventional username and password systems.


Is TraitWare supported on both iOS and Android?

TraitWare is supported on both iOS and Android, Yes. You can download the TraitWare authentication app with iOS (10.0+) and Android (6.0+).


Does my 30-day trial period start when I initially sign up for my TraitWare account, or do I get 30 days for each customer I add?

Your 30-day TraitWare account trial starts when you sign up for your account. Your account customers are all associated with the initial account signup, and therefore will not be given their own 30-day trials.