How One of the UK’s Largest Banks Fast-Tracked Their Ping Identity Deployment with the Midships Accelerator One of the UK’s largest banks—ranked among the top 25 globally with over 30 million customers—set out to deploy the Ping Identity platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The bank required a production-grade deployment  capable of meeting stringent enterprise standards across security, scalability, operational control, and multi-region resilience . Key requirements incl

Understanding Ping Product Support Status Ping Identity has formalised its product lifecycle — and for many organisations, the deadlines are approaching faster than expected. The new Support Status model finally gives clarity, but it also exposes a hidden risk: many enterprises are already running versions that are nearing End of Maintenance or End of Support.  The shift to STS (Short-Term Support) and LTS (Long-Term Support) finally brings predictability to upgrade planning

Recently, one of our customers reported what looked like a Severity 4 issue. Most teams would log, schedule, and resolve it in due course. But at Midships, we saw something more significant. Our engineers recognized that, if left unchecked, this issue could escalate to a Severity 1 . Such an escalation can bring systems down or disrupt business-critical services. Instead of waiting for that to happen, we acted immediately. Acting Before the Problem Escalates We spun up our I

What are Passkeys? Passkeys are a modern, passwordless authentication mechanism based on FIDO2 and WebAuthn standards. They allow users to securely sign in using cryptographic keys instead of traditional passwords. Unlike passwords, which are static and shareable secrets, passkeys utilize asymmetric encryption —a public-private key pair . The private key is securely stored on the user’s device and never leaves it. What sets passkeys apart from standard WebAuthn credentials

What it is: WebAuthn  (Web Authentication) is a modern web standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)  and FIDO Alliance  that enables passwordless , phishing-resistant , and public key cryptography-based  user authentication on the web. It is a core component of the FIDO2  framework, alongside CTAP (Client to Authenticator Protocol) . WebAuthn allows browsers and applications to register and authenticate users using a cryptographic key pair  stored in a secur

What is it: LDAP/AD Federation  is the process of integrating enterprise directory services — such as Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)  directories or Microsoft Active Directory (AD)  — with external applications or Identity Providers (IdPs) to enable secure and seamless authentication without duplicating user data. LDAP is a protocol standard for querying and modifying directory services over TCP/IP, while AD is a proprietary Microsoft directory service that impl

Keycloak is a robust, open-source Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution. Enterprises value it for standards compliance, cost advantages, and flexibility. However, running Keycloak at scale with high availability, predictable upgrades, and enterprise-grade user journeys requires more than the default distribution. Midships bridges that gap with our Keycloak Accelerator , which delivers: Zero-downtime deployment and operations Autoscaling and high-availability cluste

Identity management stands at the core of digital security for banks, insurers, gaming platforms, and fintech leaders. The challenge is...

For teams building customer journeys, speed and consistency matter just as much as functionality. That’s where the PingOne AIC Accelerator comes in. It allows developers to create and test journeys locally in the same way they would in the cloud. This leads to faster iterations, more confidence, and less back-and-forth between environments. A Client Challenge One of our clients recently faced a roadblock: themes weren’t working in their local setup. They could build the journ