December '08: Positive Perspective for Challenging Times

Positive Perspective for Challenging Times

We've seen a variety of predictions about the economic downturn's impact on corporate IT spending – ranging from minor slow-downs to more dramatic budget slashing. Jackie Gilbert, SailPoint's VP of Marketing and Co-Founder, offers some positive perspectives to better manage the economy's impact on you and your organization. Read on »

Limiting Fraud inside Financial Institutions

This Bank Systems & Technology article written by Mark McClain reveals how identity intelligence can help your organization avoid falling victim to escalating insider threats. Read article or download the paper »

Identity Governance Evolves to Must-do Item on IT Security Checklist

Effectively managing user access to critical applications and data has never been more urgent. Taking the right steps to strengthen security and lower risk is key to preventing fraud and data breaches during troubling economic times. Dana Gardner of ZDNet recently spoke with SailPoint co-founders Mark McClain and Jackie Gilbert, to learn how identity governance can help. Read excerpts from their conversation or listen to podcast »

Podcast: Practical Guidance for Successful Enterprise Role Management

Enterprise role management is quickly becoming a critical technology for enabling organizations to enforce regulatory policies and to audit the effectiveness of user access control. Unfortunately, complexity and marketplace confusion impedes companies in their search for an approach that delivers practical and timely results. Hear from Debbie Cuadros of Simeio Solutions on the challenges that role management can address, and get some practical guidance for defining the project scope and quickly achieving tangible benefits with roles. Listen to the podcast »

Streamlining User Access Reviews for More Effective, Sustainable Compliance

A European-based insurance and financial services provider automated their access control review and reporting process with SailPoint. They dramatically increased the accuracy of user and entitlement data and are now better equipped to meet the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley. Read the case study »

"IT provides tools that enable governance activities. However, IT departments are increasingly being asked to enact business polices and automate business processes of which they neither have knowledge of, nor control over. To close this divide, policy decisions and compliance monitoring must be pushed to the business owners. Identity management vendors have begun to address this issue through improved workflow, delegated-administration, self-service, and access attestation functionality."
Kevin Kampman, senior analyst, Burton Group | October 21, 2008

• Identity Governance Survey Highlights "No Win" Situation for Corporate IT by SailPoint Technologies
• Deleting User Accounts: How to Manage Users During a Layoff by Dave Griffeth, SearchSeurity.com
• Stopping Insider Attacks With Identity Governance by Mark McClain, eBizQ
• SailPoint Tackles the Threat From Within by Tom Jowitt, Techworld

• SailPoint Monthly Webinar Series – Case studies, best practices, strategies and more
  Improving SOX Compliance in 60 Days across 29 Applications: A SailPoint Customer Case Study
  In this encore presentation, you'll hear about one of the world's top banks and how they partnered with SailPoint to improve its compliance performance and overall risk posture. Register now for this December 17th webinar »
• On-demand Webinar: Kuppinger Cole on Role Management
  Kuppinger Cole recently broadcast a 90-minute webinar that reviews the 5 most important rules for a successful role management project, and presents the results of a survey they conducted to find out where most companies are right now. Listen to the archived event »

  Identity Governance Webinars Now Available On-Demand
  SailPoint has a library of recorded webinars available for you to view at your convenience. Visit the webinar archives today and start learning how to better manage the business of identity.