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  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. If Identity is the New Perimeter, Then We Need a Compliance Standard

    June 19th, 2025 by Vaughn Camarda | Posted in Best Practices, Security Outcomes |

    In the late 1990s, exploitable vulnerabilities began to traverse the young Internet, proving that poorly coded and tested software could be exploited for fun, financial gain, and the exfiltration of sensitive information. In order to detect these software flaws, vendors like eEye, ISS, and Nessus began creating vulnerability scanners to identify operating systems and software…

  4. 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…

  5. 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…

  6. 5 Identity Security Challenges in the Finance Industry

    April 30th, 2025 by Vaughn Camarda | Posted in Perspective, Research |

    Cybersecurity threats are prevalent in the financial sector. In 2024, finance and insurance was the second-most vulnerable industry to cyberattacks. This sector was involved in about 19% of global attacks, preceded by manufacturing at nearly 25%. Banks and other financial organizations manage and store large amounts of client and monetary data. Naturally, this makes them…

  7. Identity and Access Management in the AI Era: 2025 Guide

    April 29th, 2025 by Vaughn Camarda | Posted in Best Practices, Perspective |

    The enterprise technology landscape is experiencing a remarkable transformation that will fundamentally change how organizations approach identity and access management. AI industry leaders such as Sam Altman of OpenAI, and Jensen Huang of NVIDIA, have predicted that by 2025, AI agents will become integral members of the corporate workforce. For IAM leaders, this transformation represents…

  8. 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…

  9. Privileged Identity Sprawls: Best Practices for Protecting the Enterprise Crown Jewels

        In the latest white paper from our member company, ARCON, you can see that the privileged access management environment is expanding at a rapid pace. This is in tandem with large-scale automation drives, cloud-first initiatives, and digitalization strategies, resulting in identity sprawls across hybrid enterprise IT (Information Technology) environments. Against this backdrop, human…

  10. You Have a Standing Privilege Problem and Just Don’t Know It

    April 4th, 2022 by Nurlan Temirbulatov | Posted in How To Advice, Perspective | No Comments

    The year has just begun and as with previous years, many worrying strains of destructive malware have yet again been detected. Unlike ransomware, where you at least have a chance of recovering your data after paying the ransom, the new destructive techniques pose a very real and serious threat to businesses. The recently reported HermeticWiper…

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