IBM Security incident
IBM Verify - Investigating issues in Australia region
IBM Security experienced a critical incident on November 11, 2025 affecting Authentication with Cloud Directory and Authentication with SAML Identity Provider and 1 more component, lasting 2h 28m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Authentication with Cloud DirectoryAuthentication with SAML Identity ProviderAuthentication with IBMid for admin usersUser ID and password authentication from APISingle sign on for SAML applicationsApplication OnboardingCloud Directory Users and Groups managementUser and Group management with API clientSingle sign on for OIDC applicationsAccount Lifecycle
Update timeline
- investigating Nov 11, 2025, 05:55 PM UTC
We are currently investigating alerts in Australia region.
- monitoring Nov 11, 2025, 06:43 PM UTC
An issue was identified following a component upgrade. IBM teams implemented a fix and services are restored.
- monitoring Nov 11, 2025, 06:43 PM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- resolved Nov 11, 2025, 08:23 PM UTC
Monitoring period was successful. All services operational. Closing the incident.