September '08: Managing the Business of Identity

Managing the Business of Identity, by Mark McClain

Identity management has evolved beyond the IT department, and is now on the radar of business execs looking to address security and compliance issues. Mark McClain, SailPoint CEO and founder, outlines the challenges with existing technologies, the requirements needed to manage identity data in an enterprise environment and discusses a new approach we call identity governance. Read on »

September 24^th Webinar: What's Identity Got to Do with GRC?

The phrase GRC is creating quite a stir with industry pundits engaging in lively debates of its value, while IT and security managers remain confused by its all-encompassing nature. By adding Identity to the GRC mix, it's likely to get even more complex. If you're like most, you simply want practical solutions that can deliver tangible results. Join Mark McClain and former IT auditor, Collin Perry, as they define this emerging category and provide simple examples of how identity governance can actually solve real challenges today. Two days left, register today! »

Case Study - Streamlining Compliance Processes with SailPoint

Read how one of the world's top 15 banks launched a fully-automated access certification process across 29 SOX-relevant applications in just 60 days with SailPoint IdentityIQ. Download the PDF »

The ROI of Identity Compliance

Learn how to calculate the costs of your current compliance efforts and how you can not only reduce those costs but also establish repeatable practices for a more consistent, auditable, reliable and easier to manage certification effort.
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On-demand Webinar: Role of Roles in Compliance

Learn how to adopt a pragmatic strategy that will get you on track for successful role lifecycle management.
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Five Identity Challenges Affecting Your Risk Posture

This Compliance Week article discusses the need for protecting information assets, and the business as a whole by identifying and assessing risks and taking the necessary steps to reduce risk to levels acceptable to the organization. Managing user access to sensitive applications and data should involve applying automated controls to the areas of greatest business risk. Unfortunately, far too many enterprises are using outdated, manual approaches that do not effectively address the five most common identity risks faced by most organizations. Read on »

IT GRC for the Real World

IT GRC has become a loaded term, high on expectations but far too often short on specifics. In this podcast, Scott Crawford, Research Director for EMA, talks about his latest research finding from EMA's 2008 Survey of IT GRC Management in the Real World. He sheds light on how IT GRC is defined and understood by organizations today, what high-performers are doing to be effective, and the crucial role that identity and access management play in this process.

• SailPoint's New IdentityIQ 3.0 Bridges Gap between Business and IT Users
  To learn more about SailPoint IdentityIQ, visit the product pages for the newest information and latest data sheets.
• Frost & Sullivan Honors SailPoint with the 2008 Identity Management Technology Innovation of the Year Award

• SailPoint Monthly Webinar Series
• What's Identity Got to Do with GRC?, September 24 @ 1 p.m. CT   REGISTER NOW!
• Managing What Matters: Taking a Risk-based Approach to Identity Governance, October 29 @ 1 p.m. CT
• Five Identity Risks You Need to Know About, November 19 @ 1 p.m. CT
• Burton Catalyst Conference Europe 2008, October 20-23, 2008, Prague
  SailPoint is hosting a hospitality suite at Catalyst on October 21st. As a SailPoint guest, you can receive €800 off the price of a full conference pass.
• Gartner IAM Summit, November 11-12, Orlando
  Visit the SailPoint crew at Gartner IAM to see how SailPoint IdentityIQ is helping the world's largest organizations to manage the business of identity.