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  1. Why You Should Say Goodbye to Manual Identity Processes

    August 6th, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Best Practices, Perspective, Research |

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    As revealed in Cerby’s 2025 Identity Automation Gap Report, 46% of security and IT leaders say their organization has already experienced a security, compliance, or operational issue directly caused by manual identity workflow execution. Why do manual identity workflows continue to exist, when the consequences of getting them wrong are so serious and when automation…

  2. 5 Things I learned delivering Zero Trust at Adobe and Cisco

    July 3rd, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Perspective |

    This blog was originally published by 909Cyber here.   Between 2017 and 2022 I was fortunate to be the leader responsible for the strategy and execution of Zero Trust initiatives at Adobe and Cisco. In my role of running enterprise Security for both companies (of course not at the same time). As the executive leading…

  3. Mastering Financial Services Compliance With IAM and PAM

    June 25th, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Best Practices, Perspective, Research |

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    This blog was originally published by Bravura here. Managing data access is an ongoing journey for businesses in the financial services industry. Policies such as the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) establish regulations that your business must follow when implementing any identity access management (IAM) or privileged access management (PAM) tool. Auditors will check your system for compliance…

  4. Why Identity Automation Fails at 96% of Organizations

    June 24th, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Best Practices, News, Perspective, Research |

    This blog was originally published by Cerby here. Enterprise security teams have invested billions in identity security infrastructure over the past decade, building sophisticated systems to manage access and monitor risk. But when it comes to executing identity processes and decisions, our latest research reveals that 96% of organizations still rely on manual workflows.  …

  5. The Impact of Security Breaches on Educational Institutions

    June 11th, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Best Practices, Perspective |

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    This blog was originally published by Bravura here.   Educational institutions oversee hundreds or thousands of students and faculty members daily. Therefore, it’s no surprise they deal with large volumes of valuable data, like: Student and educator login information. Home addresses. Birthdays. Full names. Social security numbers. Credit card information and other financial records. Education…

  6. The Zero Trust Security Model Companies Need Now

    June 4th, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Best Practices, Perspective |

    In the last two years, 79% of organizations have experienced an identity-related security breach, according to research from the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA). That’s a truly staggering number, however, the even more shocking statistic is that nearly all of the security and identity professionals surveyed believe their identity-related breaches were preventable if they were…

  7. NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 And Why It Matters

    August 7th, 2024 by Vaughn Camarda | Posted in Uncategorized |

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently unveiled version 2.0 of its respected Cybersecurity Framework. This update represents a significant advancement in one of the most extensively adopted cybersecurity guidelines across various industries. The release highlights several crucial aspects of the rapidly evolving cybersecurity threat landscape, including a heightened focus on modern threats…

  8. The Broken State of Least Privilege: Reimagining a New Approach

  9. SailPoint: How identity security can be a business accelerator.

    September 21st, 2023 by Vaughn Camarda | Posted in Best Practices, How To Advice, Perspective, Uncategorized |

    This blog was originally published at SailPoint: How identity security can be a business accelerator. In a previous blog, I talked about a couple of “forcing functions” that dramatically increased the relevance and criticality of identity security in securing the modern enterprise. The most obvious was the pandemic and in short succession, the significant acceleration…

  10. Identity Defined Security Framework

    We live in an increasingly connected and remote world. The issue of identity, and its inherent connection to security, is more important than ever. Identity-related breaches have become ubiquitous in the last 2 years [READ THE REPORT]. A lack of Identity and Access Management (IAM) maturity, an over-abundance of complex security technologies and confusion over…

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