Charting Uncharted Waters: The Challenges of Governing Access to Unstructured Data January 9, 2018 | Paul Trulove | Market Views In the first installment of “Charting Uncharted Waters” we discussed the impact unstructured data is having on identity governance program teams as sensitive data quickly escapes from applications and platforms and comes to reside in a wide-range of file storage systems. In this installment, I will dive “under the water” to help chart some of the key challenges to consider...
Charting Uncharted Waters: What Identity Governance Leaders Need to Know About Governing Access to Files December 14, 2017 | Paul Trulove | Market Views As an identity governance leader, you have been handed a tall task. And it’s not the same in every organization. You might be focused on replacing an aging or ineffective provisioning system. Or on the other hand, you might be trying to establish or improve identity governance processes to address regulatory compliance requirements or new security mandates. Regardless of where...
The “Why” In Identity December 12, 2017 | Kari Hanson | Market Views Orrstown Bank leverages the power of identity to streamline manual processes and scale their business. Humana harnesses the power of identity to better manage 55,000 users across 2,700 roles. Molina Healthcare utilizes the power of identity to strike the balance between security and convenience for their 20,000 employees. Companies find the “why” in identity when they realize that by solving...
It’s the Destination (and the Journey): A Proposed Maturity Model for Identity Governance and Analytics November 30, 2017 | Mike Kiser | Market Views “Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.” Wanderer, there is no path. The path is made by walking. The quote from a famous poem by Antonio Machado echoed in my head this past summer as I landed in Madrid, Spain. After stepping off the plane and finding my way to the subway that would take me downtown, I...
The Domino Effect: A Step by Step Guide to Keeping Identity Safe Online for Businesses November 7, 2017 | Juliette Rizkallah | Market Views Despite the recent headline-grabbing proclamation from the man who created a ‘bible’ on password security that his advice was “wrong”, we are not giving up on passwords. They remain the most effective and user-friendly way for an individual or organisation to secure an account or service. Words and letters of meaning are far easier to recall than numbers. This is...
SailPoint Kicks Off Navigate Sydney ‘19 August 14, 2019 | Natalie Groves | Happenings Today, we’re kicking off Navigate in Oz. For the next two days, we rub shoulders with some of the best minds in identity. Our goal is to look to the future to see how organizations can put identity at the center of their security strategies. Here are some of the great things we will experience during Navigate Sydney this week....
How Scams Have Shape-Shifted in the Age of Identity August 12, 2019 | Hannah Giles | Market Views, Happenings Dear Sir/Madam, It has come to my attention that your distant relative, a noble member of the Nigerian aristocracy, has left you with $5 million in the event of his passing. …. Who among us hasn’t received news of a financial windfall like the one above over the past decade? Few people have as much infamy in the internet age...
Feet on the Street: Black Hat 2019 August 9, 2019 | Natalie Groves | Happenings Viva Las Vegas and, while we are at it, viva cybersecurity, too. One of the largest hacking and security conferences in the world came and went this past week in Sin City. Black Hat, a cousin of DefCon, was founded in the mid-90s (by accident) and evolved into a conference of over 20,000 people. Attendees include experts and researchers, including...
Q&A with Guillermo Guerra, Prudential’s Group Chief Information Security Officer August 8, 2019 | George Hulme | Identity Working We recently caught up with Prudential's Guillermo Guerra, Group Chief Information Security Officer, to discuss security and identity management. Guillermo began his career at Prudential as chief information security officer at Jackson National Life Insurance Company, or Jackson, a Prudential subsidiary. In this conversation, we discuss Guillermo’s fascinating start to his information-security and identity-management career and his current views on...
How to Play Identity Like a Board Game August 5, 2019 | Andre Bosch | Market Views Like many of you, I spend my days immersed in the world of cybersecurity and identity. Nights and weekends, however, are times for friends, family, and hobbies. My hobby of choice is board games. At the time of this post, I own over 140 games. I have played over 400 different games, regularly host two game nights a week, and...
