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HID DigitalPersona

HID DigitalPersona
Formerly Crossmatch

Overview

What is HID DigitalPersona?

HID DigitalPersona (formerly Crossmatch) provides a comprehensive multi-factor authentication solution. The vendor’s value proposition is that their solution frees users from cumbersome login activities while making it easy for an IT Team to secure access to their networks, data and…

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My review of HID DigitalPersona

9 out of 10
March 27, 2024
We use it primarily to provide an extra layer of protection to our systems and network. Its a crucial part of our security management …
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HID DigitalPersona

$3.75

On Premise
per user per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee required

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is HID DigitalPersona?

The HID DigitalPersona multi-factor authentication software offers a new way to provide authentication services to users. Whereas traditional 2FA/MFA solutions are stuck on “what you have/what you know”, DigitalPersona leverages an array of authentication methods to access public and corporate network resources. Enterprise users can gain access to their cloud applications, such as Microsoft 365, VPNs, corporate networks, Windows desktops, and Citrix applications . Consumers can confirm their identity and authenticate transactions.

Balancing security and usability, HID DigitalPersona boasts one of the widest arrays of authentication factors in the industry. This includes one-time passwords, mobile-based push, smartcards, security keys, risk- and context-based methods, and biometrics, such as fingerprint, face, and behavioral keystroke.

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HID DigitalPersona Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Supported CountriesMost Countries except companies included in US Embargo

Frequently Asked Questions

HID DigitalPersona (formerly Crossmatch) provides a comprehensive multi-factor authentication solution. The vendor’s value proposition is that their solution frees users from cumbersome login activities while making it easy for an IT Team to secure access to their networks, data and applications.

The Okta Identity Cloud and Imprivata OneSign are common alternatives for HID DigitalPersona.

Reviewers rate Usability and Support Rating and Implementation Rating highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of HID DigitalPersona are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

(1-4 of 4)
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Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it across the whole organization. The idea was to use biometric ID rather than memorize and enter passwords in the many applications we use on a daily basis.
  • The concept is great. A password vault that is managed using biometric identification. Users forget/lose passwords but not their fingers.
  • The fingerprint reader is pretty accurate.
  • They could definitely improve on how the software reads/detects log on screens. Some applications, legacy and web based, are difficult for DigitalPersona to pickup on.
  • There could be improvements to the user interface. The new Altus interface is actually worse in many ways than the older DigitalPersona interface. For example the way the logons are listed in the program is very convoluted especially if you have multiple logons to the same application.
  • They could better test software before releasing it. Our upgrade to Altus from DigitalPersona was terrible. The version we installed had so many flaws that I felt it should not have left beta testing. It broke a lot of the logon templates, some of the password change screens stopped working, some users lost logon data, etc. We are still dealing with the fallout from it. Possibly the worst upgrade I have been involved with in my 18 years of IT experience.
The concept of DigitalPersona is so awesome but the execution is just not there. The software is so fickle as to when it wants to work that it is frustrating. I hope that they take take some feedback from the users and make some improvements to the functionality and UI. I really question some of the changes they made in the new Altus.
I would say estimate that it works well with about 70% of the applications we use. The 30% either does not work or works partially - the password change template may not work or it will fill in the data but user has to click submit, etc. We have not been successful in using it over VPN using fingerprints. You can use over VPN by typing in the master password as a workaround. It just seems like our most commonly used applications are the ones DigitalPersona has problems with, thanks Murphy.
  • When we first got DigitalPersona 7(?) years ago, it was great. It wasn't perfect but it was better than anything else we had seen at the time. However the software just seemed to languish and not improve with time. In fact it got worse with Altus.
  • Most of the users seem to like it... when it works. When a password change screen does not work correctly, it is time consuming to fix.
  • If the user base is very tech savvy, you will get a slightly better ROI. When the average user flubs up a password change or gets a password reset, it requires some technical help to fix and thus time consuming at times. Some tech-challenged users have a hard time really understanding how DigitalPersona works and those users sap up a lot of resources.
We have not looked at anything else since we have been on DigitalPersona Altus. However with the recent troubles with Altus, I have started to look around.
Yes, AD integration is good and works mostly well. However we have 1-2% of users whose DP/AD is so corrupted that the only fix would be to delete their AD account and start from scratch. This was the last fix suggested by DP support after we tried every other fix they could think of. We have yet to do this fix so those users are not using DP at the moment.
Without getting too specific, we use this for about 30 applications. It works well on about half, and to VARYING degrees with the other half. It's a mix of local/server applications and web applications. When it works, it's a beauty.
  • My experience is that most web based applications are the easier ones for DP.
  • The admin console to program the signon templates is fairly easy to use.
I have not heard of any vendors directly supporting DP. But I'm not sure that this is a justified question as it is the duty of DP to be able to screen scrape this information and make it usable for us.
It really is farily easy to integrate into an AD environment.
Due to their poor execution with new releases and just poor overall software management, I would recommend against implementing as a new install. For example, one of the nice things about their password change screens was that you would summarize the application password requirements and display it for the users. However in one of the releases last year, they stopped displaying that requirements field and replaced it with a generic secure password guideline checklist. So our users would follow that guideline, because of the way we had trained them over the years to follow the password rules that would display, and they would promptly get locked out the application. We have a legacy application which requires a 6 character password and that was promptly displayed until this "upgrade" came along and ruined it all.
300
Every department/role in our company.
4
IT staff
  • It integrates with AD so people do not have to remember logon info nor type them in every time.
  • It functions as a password vault and thus helpful with the many application logons that our employees use.
  • It's great that it supports multiple logons for the same applications. We have employees that have different roles within the same application and thus they have different credentials.
Two things.
1- because of the hardware investment we already made in all the fingerprint readers.
2 - I have yet to see a competitor with a similar concept.
No
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
The concept of the password vault for "all" applications tied to a biometric reader was the ideal solution we were searching for.
I'm not sure we would have selected it any differently. DP had a great concept and a decent product at the time. I just didn't expect them to get worse over time.
  • When the templates work and the password change hints were working, password changes were simple.
  • It is difficult for some users to grasp the concept of how to use this application after a temporary password is assigned to them and the password screen is "locked".
They could tweak it to better recognize login and password change screens. Also UI could be much improved.
June 06, 2018

Review

Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have benefited from this integration by helping users login to their domain workstations using their fingerprints and one less password to remember.
Active Directory
  • RemoteApp applications
Users use Digital Persona to login to the published RemoteApps. It was fairly straight forward to achieve but does run into hiccups sometimes.
  • Remote users on their non-domain workstations connecting to their domain workstations.
No.
  • Single Signon
Get the latest version of the software, Altus. This is what they are called after the company was bought out and supports Windows 10 properly.
It is used by the whole organization. It takes the pain away from typing in your passwords every day for different websites and applications.
  • Login speed
  • Secure
  • Sometimes it does not register fingerprints
  • Templates get corrupt occasionally
It is well suited when logging on to workstations that are automatically locked after some inactivity. It takes the pain away from retyping your passwords at every instance.

It is also safer than writing down your password somewhere which might be a security risk.

In today's world of so many passwords to remember, logging in with your fingerprints comes handy.
We use DP for multiple logins including Windows, different websites, and other third-party applications.
  • Makes the environment safer when users do not need to know their passwords so they cannot share it either by mistake or voluntarily.
No
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
Get the latest version of the software and streamline the update.
June 05, 2018

Good Smart Finger

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This has definitely been and Huge help for us. Less people forget passwords which stops our IT department from doing other projects. It is also very helpful being a secondary authentication for more secure websites. With it being very easy to use, any employee can just jump right in and start using it without any issues.
Our Core system and all of our Finance programs. We are now using DP with more cloud based programs and Anti-Virus. Mostly using it for Windows systems and websites. With more things going to sso we are finding new ways to use Digital Persona Altus so far everything is working.
  • Xp2
Very easy to achieve. It only needs passwords.
  • Single Signon
  • AppExchange or similar marketplace
None that I can think of.
It is very simple and easy. The policies are nice.
Take your time and don't over think it. It is very easy to use and is not the complicated.
DigitalPersona is being used by our entire organization. It really helps with our virtual system and when people have to change locations to help out they have all their passwords saved and easy access. This saves time and less calls to IT for forgotten passwords/resets. The program is very intuitive and once the templates are set up it is very user friendly.
  • Very intuitive.
  • Easy to get up and running.
  • Great customer support with getting things moving smoothly.
  • Overall good, none come to mind.
[DigitalPersona is well suited to] Virtual Desktops where people move around a lot. [It's less appropriate] For one person to use that only has 1 password.
  • Less password resets.
  • Less forgotten passwords.
  • Easy to change locations.
Cory McCarty | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have been able to randomize most of our users' AD passwords so that they are more secure. Most users now authenticate using only their fingerprint.
Right now, only Windows authentication and 3rd party website logins.
  • We have not done any integrations. We only use DP to authenticate to 3rd party websites.
  • We have done as much integration as we plan on doing for right now.
None of the above
None, we do not have any integrations.
All users authenticate to Windows using biometric fingerprint readers. We also use password manager through the Altus console to authenticate to 3rd party websites. We have over 120 3rd party logins that we manage, so this solution saves us time logging in to 3rd party websites and applications, and also gives us a secure way to store passwords.
  • Windows authentication
  • Password management
  • multifactor authentication
  • We have issues with fingerprint misreads with our users who do not have as defined of a fingerprint
  • We also have issues with the Agent not loading in Internet Explorer consistently on some workstations.
When it works properly, I would recommend to anyone. The reason I'm rating a 6 is we have some users who don't like the solution at all because of the issues I described previously.
We have struggled to get it working with VPN due to the fact that VPN is mostly used on laptops. Getting the built in fingerprint reader on laptops to work with DP is shaky at best.
  • Positive impact is for the users for which the solution works they love it and it saves them time.
  • We don't have any benchmarks, but, anecdotally, users report that the solution saves them time logging into websites and frustration with managing passwords.
DigitaPersona, as a password manager, is a more robust and stable tool than Dashlane.
75
AD authentication, storing passwords and authenticating to 3rd party websites using fingerprint
1
Understanding of password management and SSO authentication, AD
  • AD authentication
  • Password management
  • Authentication to 3rd party websites using fingerprint
  • We use the standard functionality
  • We don't have plans to expand the functionality in any way
The product has worked almost exactly as advertised.
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