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Patent Granted for SailPoint Predictive Identity

From Edison’s lightbulb to Bell’s telephone, innovations that become tangible products can drastically change how we see, hear, and connect. And out of the realm of ideation turned reality comes SailPoint Predictive Identity, which was recently granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. See press release on […]

World’s Largest Caterpillar Dealer Digs Its New Identity System

For more than 86 years Caterpillar dealer Finning has delivered the unrivaled service its customers have come to expect. Founded in 1933, by 1965 Finning employed 1,000 and reached annual revenues of $78 million. Today, Finning employs more than 13,000 and attained 2017 revenues of $6.2 billion. Today, as the […]

Meet Boston’s First Chief Information Security Officer

In March 2019, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced Greg McCarthy’s appointment as the city’s first chief information security officer (CISO). McCarthy will lead the cybersecurity team within the Department of Innovation and Technology. In this interview, we discuss his career, how the role of cybersecurity has changed within the […]

The Bernoulli Principle: Epidemiological Models for Identity

Smallpox is one of the deadliest diseases in all of human history. If you contracted Smallpox in the 18th century, you would have a one in three chance of dying within sixteen days. In the 20th century alone, Smallpox killed over 500 million people. Fortunately, it’s also the only infectious […]

Feet on the Street at Identiverse 2019

Coming off the heels of our own SailPoint Navigate, Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit and this week’s Identiverse, it is clear that Identity is undoubtedly a hot topic and such a critical aspect of an organization’s cybersecurity strategy. Last week, over 2000 Identity professionals (AKA Identerati) descended on Washington […]

Identity is Security: Privacy Pains Part 2

Is there a bounty on privacy? That’s the question we asked you a few months back after exploring SailPoint CMO Juliette Rizkallah’s Forbes article on the rising use of smart technology in our home. This time around, we are taking it a step further and talking about a different kind […]

Navigate After Hours: Mistaken Identity

David Lee and Mike Kiser take you “live” to Navigate 2019 in beautiful Austin, TX in this very special episode of Mistaken Identity. Dr. Jen Golbeck explores the ethical issues that we face as we seek to employ algorithms and identity, VP of Product Management Rick Weinberg discusses the future […]

The City of Boston Modernizes Identity Management

The City of Boston is the most populous city in New England and the economic and cultural force, 8.2 million strong, of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. Being the center of such a large and vibrant metropolitan area, there is a substantial need for effective government. Government that provides the […]

Welcome to the Future

It has been a whirlwind of activity at SailPoint these last few weeks. We wrapped up our annual Navigate conference in Austin two weeks ago, giving me a chance to connect with many of our customers, partners and prospects. It also gave me the distinct honor of formally unveiling our […]

It’s Not all Fun and Perks: What Company Culture Really Means

What is culture? In tech, we often find ourselves re-hashing the same old topics of foosball tables and free beer, or the “upgraded” perks of onsite chefs and free massages when it comes to talking about company culture. After all, from everything we read, great company culture is no longer […]