Entrust and Northrock Systems Partner to Deliver Holistic, Modern Identity Services

As organizations accelerate digital transformation, identity has become the foundation of security, user experience, and compliance. To meet these evolving demands, Entrust and Northrock Systems have partnered to deliver a comprehensive, flexible Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) offering that supports both workforce and customer identities across traditional, hybrid, and cloud-first environments.

This partnership brings together Entrust’s trusted identity and authentication technologies with Northrock Systems’ managed IDaaS expertise, enabling organizations to deploy secure, scalable, and future-ready identity solutions—without complexity.

A Unified Approach to Workforce and Customer Identity

Northrock Systems’ managed IDaaS is designed to provide holistic identity management across the entire organization. Whether securing employees, partners, or customers, Northrock delivers a single, cohesive platform that simplifies identity lifecycle management while enhancing security and user experience.

Through its partnership with Entrust, Northrock enables organizations to:

• Centrally manage workforce and customer identities

• Enforce consistent authentication and access policies

• Scale identity services across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments

• Reduce operational overhead through fully managed services

This unified approach helps organizations move beyond fragmented identity silos and toward a modern, zero-trust-aligned identity strategy.

Advanced Authentication with Broad Protocol Support

At the core of the Northrock–Entrust partnership is a rich set of modern authentication services and standards-based integrations, ensuring compatibility with existing systems while enabling next-generation security models.

Key capabilities include:

• Standards-based federation and integrations

  • SAML 2.0

  • OpenID Connect (OIDC)

• Modern authentication methods

  • Passwordless authentication

  • FIDO2 (Fast Identity Online)

  • Risk-based and adaptive authentication

• Social and customer identity support

  • Risk-based social logins

  • Advanced authentication flows for customer-facing applications

These capabilities allow organizations to adopt strong authentication methods—such as phishing-resistant, passwordless access—while maintaining flexibility for diverse use cases and user populations.

Supporting Traditional, Hybrid, and Cloud-First IDP Models

Not every organization is at the same stage of its identity journey. That’s why the Entrust–Northrock partnership is built to support multiple identity provider (IdP deployment models, including:

• Traditional IdP environments with on-premises infrastructure

• Hybrid IdP models that bridge legacy systems with cloud services

• Cloud-first IdP strategies designed for modern, SaaS-driven enterprises

Northrock Systems works closely with customers to design and manage identity architectures that align with their business goals, regulatory requirements, and technical maturity—without forcing a one-size-fits-all approach.

Entrust IDaaS Available as a Standalone Offering

In addition to delivering fully managed identity services, Northrock Systems also offers Entrust IDaaS as a standalone solution through a value-added reseller (VAR) model.

This provides organizations with the flexibility to:

• License Entrust IDaaS directly through Northrock

• Integrate Entrust authentication services into existing identity ecosystems

• Choose between fully managed services or customer-managed deployments

• Scale identity capabilities over time as requirements evolve

This VAR approach ensures customers can adopt Entrust’s industry-leading IDaaS technology in the way that best fits their operational and strategic needs.

Driving Secure, Seamless Digital Experiences

Together, Entrust and Northrock Systems empower organizations to secure access without compromising usability. By combining advanced authentication protocols, standards-based integrations, and flexible deployment models, the partnership enables:

• Stronger security and reduced identity-related risk

• Improved user experiences through passwordless and adaptive authentication

• Faster time-to-value with managed identity services

• A clear path toward zero trust and cloud modernization

As identity continues to define how organizations operate and innovate, the Entrust–Northrock partnership delivers the expertise and technology needed to confidently move forward.