April '09: Focus on Your Destination

Focus on Your Destination, by Kevin Cunningham

As identity governance gains focus in today's enterprise, the question for many organizations that seems to be top-of-mind is "Where do I start – access certifications? Role management? What do I do with the provisioning system I've got in place?" Kevin Cunningham, president and founder of SailPoint, offers some ideas on prioritizing business needs and which path is best suited to help you reach your goals. Read on »

Case Study Webinar: Aligning IT with Business for More Effective Access Control

With inefficient, manual processes and frustrated business managers who were unable to decipher cryptic IT-oriented entitlement reports, a global insurance and financial services leader struggled to comply with SOX requirements. In this webinar, we present how this customer automated their access control review and reporting process and reduced the time spent on access certs from months to days. View the webinar on-demand »

Podcast: Means, Motive & Opportunity – The Perfect Storm for Insider Threats

SailPoint executives discuss how organizations are managing access to critical IT resources within their organizations in order to avoid security breaches, failed audits and non-compliance. They also offer some practical advice to help you manage access and improve your risk posture today. Listen to podcast »

Simplifying the Process of Delivering Identity Management

SailPoint announced a suite of new deployment offerings for SailPoint IdentityIQ, including a virtual appliance, a hosting option and a menu of managed services, to streamline and simplify the process of buying, implementing and managing identity management solutions. Read what Dave Kearns of Network World says about our news »

Integrating User Provisioning with Identity Governance

No matter which provisioning solution you have deployed, the need to integrate provisioning with identity governance technologies is critical. Learn how SailPoint IdentityIQ integrates with IBM Tivoli Identity Manager to deliver the visibility and control needed today. Download the data sheet »

"Access certification provides relief from regulations, internal controls, and audit pressure and is a powerful means to reduce enterprise risk. Although most enterprises use internally developed processes and not commercial off-the-shelf products, numerous vendors are offering products that are sophisticated and well thought out. Enterprises looking to reduce access-related risk while hoping to eventually tackle role management and user provisioning should promote access certification in their thinking, giving it the more prominent role in the overall identity management program that it deserves."
Burton Group report, "Access Certification: An Intersection of Compliance and Risk Management," by Ian Glazer, January 20, 2009

News

• An Interview with SailPoint's CEO, Mark McClain, InformationWeek
• Forgotten Document of American History Offers a Model for President Obama's Vision of Government Information Technology, (IN)SECURE Magazine
• Responses to Risky Realities in Government IT, Government Security News

Events

• KuppingerCole European Identity Conference, May 5-7, 2009 in Munich, Germany
• Les Rencontres de l'Identity & Access Management, May 27-29 in St. Tropez, France
• On-demand Webinar: Improving Access Certifications for Enhanced Security and Lower Costs
• On-demand Webinar: Managing the Tangled Web of User Access during M&A or Layoff
• Gartner Security Summit 2009, June 28-July 1 in Washington DC

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