Juliette Rizkallah

Children have rights to freedom and privacy. Yet, these rights, particularly privacy rights, are often denied by parents who are prone to the "sharenting" phenomenon (the oversharing by parents of their children's life moments on social media). One must wonder, will the smart world we are building deny children these privacy rights? Starting at age 13, my parents sent me abroad...

Editor’s note: This is satire. SailPoint strongly encourages you to take your cybersecurity very seriously, and if you’re looking for some ways to do that then head over to this blog post. The season of giving and goodwill has arrived once more. Jolly tunes are playing in the distance, department stores are raising their holiday banners and lowering their prices,...

There are two sides to every coin. This analogy is especially true when we talk about the ever-present use of software bots in organizations today. On one side of the coin, we can all agree that bots are time-savers. In one case, bots helped this company automate over 100 tasks and gave them countless staff-hours back. On the other side,...

Consider this. You are an IT leader at an enterprise organization. You have not been living under a rock, and therefore are well aware that companies across the world struggle with cybersecurity. Whether its teaching employees how to spot a potential phishing attack or dealing with the fallout from a ransomware hack – one fact of life remains certain: data...

When you think of your home environment, do you view it as your sanctuary — the place where you feel the most secure and private? A handful of years ago, I would have expected most people to answer that question with a resounding yes. At that time, the heightened focus on the internet of things (IoT) was not what it...

Privacy is over. The concept of privacy as we know it has evolved. And privacy for you and me does not mean the same thing.  Many of us have relinquished our own privacy by oversharing our lives on social networks, which have been exploited in various ways.  In some cases, we revolt and claim that we have a right to...

Humans have an innate need to minimize risk. Using the sights, sounds and scents surrounding us to guide us to safety has been our mechanism for survival and self-preservation for millions of years. While our sense of risk has not faded, as technology has woven its way into every facet of our lives, our ability to manage the risk surrounding...

In cybersecurity, innovation is critical to fence in the constantly increasing attacks from cybercriminals. And the rise of innovation in cybersecurity is showing no signs of slowing down. New ventures emerge every year that quickly become the new must-have security applications that will strengthen an organization’s security posture. Just type "hottest cybersecurity startups" into your web browser search bar and...

Today, identity means more than just the clothes that you wear or the music that you listen to. If you are on the internet or have a job, you have a digital identity that reflects who you are, where you work and what is important to you. Today, that digital identity extends to the company you work for. With the...

The year was 2003 and Blink-182’s single “I Miss You” was topping the charts. Nearly 16 years later and Blink-182 is topping a different kind of chart as one of the most breached passwords. Despite daily headlines of data breaches, people continue to use unsavory security practices by using their favorite bands or loved ones as their password. Just this...