Mobile Solution Architecture: User Authentication Is The Foundation Of Mobile Trust

User authentication is a key foundation of security for mobile apps — as it is for application security in general. Determining which authentication approach to use for your mobile solution architecture is no easy task given the diversity of mobile app users, stances toward social identity, mobile app development approaches, and levels of data liability associated with your apps. Furthermore, the pressure to deliver mobile apps quickly allows you little time to consider your options. Application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals must sort through these complexities to design a practical architecture for authenticating mobile users in multiple scenarios and contexts. This report analyzes how key business issues and user scenarios factor into four major mobile authentication design questions, identifies product categories that can play a role in your mobile authentication architecture, and recommends a five-step process for establishing that architecture.