July '09: When It Comes to Survival, Smartest Is the New Fittest.

When It Comes to Survival, Smartest Is the New Fittest.

You'd think after 65 million years we'd learn. It's not the asteroid (or global economic downturn) that gets you. It's the churn that follows that has the power to set off the chain of pain we call extinction. Jackie Gilbert outlines some new ways we're evolving identity management technology to meet the demands of today's environment.  Read on »

Podcast: Meeting the Demand for Convenient Yet Controlled Access Today

Managing changes to user access within today's large enterprise is still a challenge – from quickly and efficiently on-boarding new users, to managing access during job changes, organizations need a new approach. In this podcast, Mike Amadei of PricewaterhouseCoopers joins us to talk about how you can better manage the access request and change process.  Listen to Podcast »

Webinar: Improving Access Certifications for Enhanced Security and Lower Costs

With increasing regulatory requirements and constant employee churn, having a systematic access certification process in place becomes critical. For many organizations, the overall certification process is inconsistent, unreliable and difficult to manage. In this webinar, we offer lessons learned from real-world deployments and show you how you to improve the operational efficiency and accuracy of your certification process.  View the webinar on demand »

Getting Better Control of High-Risk, Privileged Accounts

As companies struggle to meet compliance requirements and reduce the risk of privacy breaches and fraud, privileged accounts pose significant challenges because they convey broad and deep access privileges that cannot be traced to a specific person. Recently, SailPoint and Cyber-Ark, the leader in Privileged Identity Management solutions, announced an integrated solution that combines identity governance with privileged user management to help prevent the insider threat.  Read the release »

"When considering an identity management suite, don't make the same mistake that many of your colleagues have made by failing to thoroughly evaluate all identity management products under consideration before a purchase. Most organizations begin their evaluations by looking for a single product to meet a pressing need. At purchase time, the vendor then offers the customer a steep discount to compel the purchase of multiple identity management products. The deployment of the primary product goes well, but then the organization finds out that the other purchased products don't meet its needs, or require significant customization to work."
Mark Diodati, Burton Group, "Changing Times for Identity Management," Information Security, May 2009

News

• Business Strategies for Managing IT Risk During an M&A or Layoff
  by Mark McClain, Bank Systems & Technology.
• Transparency and Security in a Re-Wired U.S. Government
  by Darran Rolls, eBizQ.
• Why Not Review Your Users' Privileges?
  by David Griffeth, SearchSecurity.com.
• Navigate Your Company through an M&A Transition
  by Jackie Gilbert, SC Magazine.

Events

• SailPoint Webinar – Doing Better with Less: Driving Sustainable & Cost Effective Assessments of User Access, Wednesday, July 22, 2009 @ 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT/8:00 a.m. PT, Register Now »
• Burton Catalyst Conference North America 2009
  July 27–31 in San Diego, CA

  Save up to $600 on registration with our exclusive promotion code and will pay only $1,295 for General Sessions. Click here and use the promotion code: sailFriend to register.