David Manks

This blog is co-authored by PwC, CyberArk and SailPoint.    Today’s security and compliance environment is rapidly transforming, presenting new and even more advanced challenges that no single solution or vendor alone can fully address. That’s why we like to think of security as a “team sport”.  Security needs to be a powerful ecosystem of technology partnerships that can provide...

How many times have we heard the old axiom that change is the only constant in life?  We certainly know this more than ever before with the displacement of millions of remote users in a matter of days.  The success of an organization is highly dependent on the satisfaction of its employees and their ability to adapt to their changing...

Of the many lessons CIOs have learned from this global health crisis, is the need to be digitally transformed.  It is more critical than ever for organizations to move forward with their digital transformation initiatives. As organizations deal with rapidly deploying business continuity plans, enabling remote workers, quickly provisioning users' access to new applications, and reducing costs, moving to the...

In a recent article by Solutions Review, Prediction: The Coronavirus Alters Discourse on Identity Governance and Administration, it discussed how the era of social distancing may increase awareness and deployment of identity governance solutions. As you'll see, many of the problems that organizations encounter with managing the identities of remote workers mimic the issues IGA solutions solve.   For many enterprises, the...

I think that we can all agree that it is more important than ever for organizations to empower their users with the right access, when they need it, where they need it, and of course securely.  Those however can be challenging and even conflicting statements.  With the overwhelming amount of user access requests to applications and data as well as...

As I reflect on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, I am still in awe of all that we accomplished during that period in our history. The moon shot on July 20th, 1969 not only captured the world’s attention but imagining what can be realized from an impactful goal. Okay so yes, I am a space nerd. Like a...

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 DC for the 10th annual Identiverse event.  As a gold-level...

Keeping organizations secure, while improving business and user productivity in today’s accelerating threat environment, continues to be a challenge for today’s IT and security leaders. As we have seen time and time again, the ongoing threat from cyber-attacks has demonstrated their ability to change the global business environment in an instant. As organizations adopt digital transformations, cloud first initiatives and...

With the end of the year upon us and next year’s planning in full swing, many organizations are going through an extensive security evaluation. Now is a good time to pause and assess if your organization is feeling well-prepared to mitigate the risks and unknown challenges that will be upon us next year. With many data breaches occurring due to...

I’m a big proponent of the 1 + 1 = 3 benefits of partnering.  The meaning, of course, is that by partnering, the whole becomes a more significant benefit than the sum of the parts.  Think mac and cheese, thunder and lighting, Simon and Garfunkel - well you get the idea. So, what would you call it when you have...