# Welcome to the Strivacity blog

Our space for sharing customer identity tips, tricks and musings

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**Five reasons why you should separate your username and password screens**  
Learn why more and more sites are splitting up their username and password prompts onto separate screens (and why you should too).  
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**Strivacity Recognized in Forrester Report on Agentic AI and Identity Security**  
Forrester has published a new trends report: How Agentic AI Will Turbocharge IAM Solutions. Strivacity is cited in it as a vendor delivering AI agent governance capabilities today.  
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**MCP servers and identity: what the model context protocol means for security**  
If you're thinking about or actively building with AI agents, you've most certainly run into the Model Context Protocol (MCP).  
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**Why retailers are rethinking identity for digital commerce in 2026**  
A single failed sign in, delayed verification, or broken rewards experience is often all it takes for a customer to abandon a purchase or never return.  
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**Passkeys and passwordless authentication: Trends, challenges, and how to get started**  
Here’s what is fueling the momentum for passkeys, what is still standing in the way, and how Strivacity recommends rolling them out.  
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**Why financial services needs a new way to measure customer identity**  
Discover the top CIAM metrics that help financial institutions improve digital onboarding, prevent fraud, and meet compliance requirements.  
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**Why leading enterprises are choosing single-instance CIAM**  
Enterprises are moving away from shared CIAM. Find out why single-instance is becoming the smarter, safer choice.  
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**You’re sitting on a treasure chest of Customer data: here’s how to unlock it**  
Your login screen is full of untapped customer signals. This blog shows you how to turn them into insights that drive better experiences.  
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**How customer identity improves accessibility and customer experience**  
See how your login experience could be excluding customers and what you can do to make it more accessible, secure, and user-friendly.  
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**Loyalty reward fraud**  
Loyalty programs are a powerful way to keep customers coming back but they’ve also become a rich target for fraudsters. Whether it’s account takeovers, fake sign-ups, or stolen reward redemptions, loyalty reward fraud is on the rise.  
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**How to Migrate from Okta, Ping Identity, or homegrown CIAM without disrupting customers**  
Discover proven strategies to simplify CIAM migration, reduce friction, cut costs, and avoid customer disruption—all without overloading IT.  
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**How CIAM transforms the student journey from application to alumni**  
Learn how CIAM helps universities increase enrollment, enhance student and alumni experiences, and strengthen security—all while reducing complexity and costs.  
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**7 reasons why a proof of value (POV) helps you choose the right CIAM vendor**  
Choosing a CIAM vendor? Discover 7 reasons why a proof of value (POV) should be non-negotiable.  
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**The hidden lock-in: How vendor secrecy around password hashing hurts customers**  
Some vendors withhold password hashing details to create lock-in, making migration difficult. Learn how to avoid hidden barriers and take control back.  
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**Strivacity Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Identity and Access Management Solutions, Q4 2024**  
Strivacity Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Identity and Access Management Solutions, Q4 2024  
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**Seven hidden costs of poor sign-in experiences**  
Poor sign-in experiences silently impact your bottom line—but with the right approach, you can turn them into opportunities for growth and customer loyalty.  
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