Finally. Closing the Gaps in Enterprise Security.

For years, enterprises have layered on authentication technologies including passwords, SMS one-time passcodes (OTPs), push notifications, and more recently, passkeys. Each was designed to strengthen protection and reduce friction, yet breaches continue to rise. With Microsoft Entra biometric authentication powered by Anonybit, enterprises can now move beyond these fragmented tools and achieve true end-to-end security.

The problem is not authentication itself. It is that most solutions protect isolated moments instead of the full lifecycle. They stop at login, leaving the rest of the user journey—from onboarding and step-up verification to help desk and account recovery—open to exploitation.

With this new capability, organizations can close those gaps and enable continuous, privacy-preserving identity assurance across every access point without compromising usability or compliance.

To truly strengthen enterprise security, organizations need a way to bind identity across every interaction. This is now achievable in a turnkey way through Anonybit’s privacy-preserving biometric infrastructure, available directly in the Microsoft Entra ID Marketplace.

The Weak Links: 2FA and SMS OTPs

Two-factor authentication was once seen as the gold standard. Today, attackers easily bypass it. SIM swaps, phishing kits, and malware make short work of SMS OTPs, while users endure friction and fatigue.

These methods verify possession, not presence. They can confirm that a device is responding, but not that the right person is behind it.

That’s a critical distinction, especially in today’s hybrid workplaces where shared devices, remote onboarding, and help desk resets are common. The cost of re-establishing trust in those moments is high in time, money, and risk.

Why Microsoft Entra Biometric Authentication Changes the Game

Passkeys have improved the login experience by eliminating passwords and offering phishing resistance. But even they address just one touchpoint in the lifecycle.

When users need to recover accounts, reset credentials, or escalate privileges, organizations still fall back to weaker methods, such as ID document checks, knowledge-based questions, PINs or manual processes that don’t scale and can be socially engineered.

Security shouldn’t stop at login. Enterprises need continuous, privacy-preserving assurance that the person accessing a resource is the same one who was verified at onboarding.

Closing the Gaps with Privacy-Preserving Biometrics

Anonybit’s privacy-preserving biometric infrastructure delivers this assurance. By combining multi-party computation (MPC) and zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), we enable biometric verification without ever reconstructing or exposing a user’s data.

No central repository. No device dependence. No single point of compromise.

This architecture allows enterprises to verify identity across every step – onboarding, login, step-up authentication, help desk interactions, and account recovery – all with a consistent, privacy-by-design framework.

Microsoft Entra Biometric Authentication in Action

Enterprises rely on Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) as the core of their identity and access management strategy. It unifies authentication, policy, and governance across applications and systems.

By being available directly in the Microsoft Entra ID Marketplace, Anonybit extends this ecosystem with privacy-preserving biometric identity assurance, making it easier than ever for organizations to replace OTPs, remove shared secrets, and secure identity end-to-end.

Enterprises can now:

• Replace SMS-based 2FA with real biometric verification
• Protect high-risk workflows like help desk and privileged access
• Simplify compliance with a privacy-preserving architecture
• Enable continuous authentication across every channel

All without changing the user experience or re-architecting existing systems.

The Future: Continuous Identity Assurance

Security doesn’t start and stop at login, and now, neither does authentication.

With Anonybit and Microsoft Entra ID, enterprises can finally close the gaps attackers exploit and create a unified, privacy-preserving identity fabric that protects users throughout their entire journey.

Because strong authentication shouldn’t be a patchwork. It should be a platform.

Learn more: See how Anonybit extends Microsoft Entra ID to deliver privacy-preserving biometric identity assurance. Visit the listing here.