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HIMSS 2023: 4 key takeaways

Our biggest takeaway from HIMMS 2023 is that healthcare identity security needs help. During the conference, we spoke to many healthcare professionals about issues and upcoming trends. We discovered that many healthcare organizations are still early in their identity security journey but are ready for a positive change. Many currently use manual processes, while others are...

Voices of experience – real-world benefits of identity security

Regardless of what industry you’re in, identity security must be a component of your overall cyber security strategy. Identity security is a critical line of defense against cyber threats, enabling the management and governance of access for every digital identity in an organization. Digital identities, such as email addresses or login credentials and pin numbers, are uniq...

5 reasons to level up from your legacy platform and migrate to a modern identity security solution

Enterprises have a lot invested in their legacy identity security solutions, so it comes as no surprise when they may resist the idea of migrating to a modern solution. It can be difficult to convince stakeholders across the organization to turn their backs on the time and money already spent in maintaining the complex web of integrations that comprise the enterprise’s iden...

Meet our CISO – Rex Booth

CISOs are busy. They are in a mad dash to secure their enterprise while juggling an overwhelming number of competing priorities, budgets, driving efficiencies, all while evolving the digital ecosystem to match pace with the speed of innovation and change happening across the business. So, if you get a moment of their time, you better make it count. We were able to sit down...

Introducing the SailPoint Partner Fleet program

At SailPoint, customer success is critical to us, especially in our largely SaaS world, and partners play a significant role in helping drive that. Partners driving the right behaviors, not just sourcing opportunities or transacting opportunities but, more importantly, implementing our products and helping our customers get up and running quickly. SailPoint Partner Fleet is...

Voices of experience – Industry trends driving the need for Identity and Access Governance (IGA)

From digital transformation to cloud computing to the Internet of Things, to employees using their own devices and working remotely worldwide, today’s organizations need to manage more IT connections across more devices from more places. Yet all these “things” accessing other “things” increases the security risk and the possibility that malicious actors will gain unapprove...

Identity Management Day 2023

I regret to inform you that by the time you read this article, you will have missed Burrito Day (and Rat Day?!). Not to worry, though, you still have Look Up at the Sky Day, Eat What You Want Day, and Axe Throwing Day. While the celebrations for these days vary widely (and most certainly should *not* be combined), they all serve to bring their focus to the front of people’...

Identity security enabling enterprises

Authored by Ana Hilstad, Senior Product Marketing Manager Historically, identity security was not discussed on an executive level. But thankfully, that has changed. This shift was apparent throughout the sessions on the expo hall floor and in many of SailPoint’s customer conversations held at the Gartner IAM Conference two weeks ago. The added focus on identity security a...

Voices of experience – Why IT leaders consider identity security essential to their business

When is cyber security not just security? When it’s identity security. While good cyber security is critical for protecting data and avoiding online attacks and hacks, some security solutions can deliver increased security and much more. In fact, identity security enables a broad range of values beyond basic access management that many organizations consider it a business ...

My top takeaways from Gartner IAM 2023

Authored by Jaishree Subramania, Vice President of Product Marketing SailPoint was the premium partner for this year’s Gartner Identity & Access Management (IAM) Summit, which works to unite IAM and security leaders to foster identity-first security initiatives, modernize business models, and advise on a strong security posture in today’s identity era. The growth of identi...