Wharton Interactive Selects Auth0 to Help Securely Democratize and Transform Education
October 28 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Global identity management provider supports
the launch of Ivy League MBA interactive learning platform
The Auth0 Identity Platform, a product unit within Okta (NASDAQ:
OKTA), today announced it has been selected as the identity and
authentication provider for Wharton Interactive, an interactive
learning platform that draws on games, simulations, and research to
make Ivy League business education more accessible to all. To
enable a seamless, end-to-end experience for learners and
educators, Auth0’s platform will provide a Single Sign-on (SSO)
solution for learners and educators throughout their journey.
Wharton Interactive — founded by Sarah Toms, executive director,
and Professor Ethan Mollick at the Wharton School, The University
of Pennsylvania — has developed different modes of delivering
education on its Alternate Reality Courseware (ARC) platform. ARCs
knit together leading subject matter expertise and an immersive
games-based experience where users gain mastery through practice
and receive personal feedback about their performance every step of
the way. By increasing inclusive access to business education, this
unique higher ed initiative strives to better the socio-economic
status of individuals and lift economies through job creation.
To aid in Wharton Interactive’s marketplace launch, the team
wanted to create one, seamless user experience across the entire
platform, from the user’s account creation and management to the
interactive simulations and classes, and selected Auth0 to help. By
implementing SSO, students and educators can enter their login
credentials once and automatically gain access to multiple
applications. Through the implementation of Auth0’s SSO solution,
Wharton Interactive’s platform benefits from increased security and
privacy while improving the end-to-end experience for users.
“Auth0 plays an integral role in making Wharton Interactive’s
mission to transform education a reality by eliminating the hurdles
associated with having to login to multiple systems along the
customer journey,” said Sarah Toms, co-founder and Executive
Director for Wharton Interactive. “We were searching for a
top-notch identity provider with proven expertise in SSO, and are
so pleased that we have partnered with Auth0. From vendor selection
to launch, it took only a few months to build and deliver a
comprehensive solution that was ready for market.”
“Wharton Interactive is democratizing higher education and
transforming the eLearning space with its cutting-edge approaches,
and identity is a key enabler in supporting this mission — strong
user experience, security, and privacy practices all start at
login,” said Ghazi Masood, General Manager and SVP of Americas at
Auth0. “We’re honored to support Wharton Interactive’s identity
needs and help them seamlessly scale as they make education more
attainable and secure for educators and learners around the
world.”
About Auth0
The Auth0 Identity Platform, a product unit within Okta, takes a
modern approach to identity and enables organizations to provide
secure access to any application, for any user. Auth0 is a highly
customizable platform that is as simple as development teams want,
and as flexible as they need. Safeguarding billions of login
transactions each month, Auth0 delivers convenience, privacy, and
security so customers can focus on innovation. For more
information, visit https://auth0.com.
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