Credential misuse remains one of the most persistent and exploitable vulnerabilities in cybersecurity, especially for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) tasked with protecting a diverse range of clients and user behaviors. Despite industry awareness, enforcing strong credential hygiene across diverse browser environments remains a significant challenge.

Atakama solves this—directly in the browser—without storing passwords, disrupting users, or adding operational complexity.

The Real Problem: Enforcing Hygiene at Scale

MSPs know the risks: weak passwords, reuse, shared credentials, and missing MFA. But enforcement is difficult.

• Password managers and MFA tools often face objections to their cost and user pushback.
• Native browser password tools (like those in Chrome or Edge) are inherently risky and unmanageable across tenants.
• There’s limited visibility into real-time credential behavior, especially for federated logins or OAuth flows.

Without centralized oversight, MSPs are left with gaps they can’t see, let alone secure.

Atakama: Real-Time Credential Intelligence, Built for MSPs

Atakama delivers deep visibility into credential behavior through a lightweight browser extension, without storing passwords or disrupting user workflows. It enables MSPs to monitor hygiene and mitigate identity risks at scale.

Key capabilities:

• Detect weak, reused, and non-compliant passwords
• Identifies accounts exposed in breaches
• Flags shared credentials within the organization
• Surfaces credential behavior via dashboards, PSA tickets, and QBR-ready reports.

Atakama meets users where risks live: inside the browser.

Introducing ACS: Authentication Capture System

At the core of Atakama’s credential intelligence engine is the Authentication Capture System (ACS), a proprietary technology that monitors how users authenticate across both traditional and federated login flows.

ACS enables Atakama to:

• Detect and analyze in real time, even across multi-step or OAuth-based flows
• Recognize when corporate credentials are used in third-party applications
• Associate logins with identity providers like Azure or Google
• Maintain accuracy across tens of thousands of constantly changing login pages

It works even when no password is typed, because federated risk is still credential risk.

Zero-Trust  Architecture: No Storage, No Liability

Security and privacy are fundamental. Atakama never stores or transmits credentials in plain text.

• Passwords are briefly processed client-side to create cryptographic hashes
• The hashes are salted per user and per password, making reuse invisible to attackers
• Atakama compares credential usage patterns without ever collecting the raw password
• The result: total visibility for MSPs with zero liability.

This approach aligns with NIST best practices and ensures security even in the event of a breach.

Atakama’s approach is timely, and MSPs don’t have the luxury of waiting for their clients to ask about credentials hygiene. SaaS sprawl has made the browser the new identity layer, and traditional DNS tools don’t monitor identity risk. Atakama helps MSPs shift from reactive protection to proactive risk management.

What's Next: Even Deeper Credential Intelligence

Atakama’s roadmap includes expanded support for:

• Federated login analysis across Azure AD, Google Workspace, and more
• Risk scoring by user, role, and privilege level
• MFA usage trends across time and application
• Segmentation of high-privilege accounts (admins, finance, service accounts)
• Policy automation based on hygiene and risk thresholds.

This isn’t just about checking password strength—it’s about managing identity risk holistically.

Final Word: Credential Security, Done Right

Passwords remain the weak link in modern security. Most tools can’t see them. Some store them. Atakama monitors them securely in real-time at the browser layer.

For MSPs seeking to move beyond “recommended tools” and into genuine credential governance, Atakama provides a scalable, MSP-native solution that offers visibility, control, and protection—all without introducing added complexity or liability.

For MSPs that want to go beyond the checkbox of “password manager recommended” and move into accurate credential intelligence, Atakama is the answer.

Deep Analytics and Real-Time Risk Insights

Atakama goes beyond simple password checking. It integrates into MSP workflows to provide actionable intelligence, such as:

• Identifying users not using password managers
• Highlighting weak or compromised credentials
• Detecting password reuse across unrelated services
• Associating accounts that use OAuth logins, even if no password is typed
• Monitoring for use of multifactor authentication (MFA)

All of this data can be delivered through PSA ticketing systems or used in Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to demonstrate value to clients. These insights help MSPs not only react to threats but also proactively improve their clients’ security posture.

Looking Ahead: The Future of Credential Intelligence

Atakama continues to evolve. New features include support for OAuth flows, enabling the system to detect accounts tied to federated identity providers such as Azure or Google. It also plans to expand its MFA detection capabilities and roll out richer analytics that let MSPs track credential risk across users, roles, and organizations.

This expansion positions Atakama as not just a browser security tool but a credentials intelligence platform. As Brian Cefali summarizes, “We’re just scratching the surface… tracking someone’s risk across multiple applications, password hygiene, and account role management—there’s a great deal of possibility.”

Final Thoughts

For MSPs looking to move beyond reactive security and into proactive risk management, Atakama delivers a scalable, secure, and insightful approach to credential hygiene. It addresses the realities of MSP workflows, sidesteps the liability of storing passwords, and empowers providers with the data they need to keep their clients safe.

In a world where credentials are the keys to the kingdom, Atakama ensures MSPs hold the lock.