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  1. AI Is Emerging as the New Enterprise Middleware

    December 11th, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Perspective, Research |

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    In the 1990s, middleware was the muscle that made enterprise computing truly scalable. Before middleware, applications communicated with databases and back-end services directly using drivers like ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) or native SQL calls. This was simple but brittle, used shared secrets, and riddled with risks. It required developers to write custom code for every…

  2. Supply Chain of Trust Broken | What the Ribbon Communications Breach Tells Us About Identity at the Network Layer

    November 13th, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Best Practices, News, Perspective, Security Outcomes |

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    Modern supply chains run on trust. In cybersecurity, trust is often our greatest exposure. The recent Ribbon Communications breach, reportedly the work of a nation-state actor operating undetected for nearly a year, highlights a pattern we’ve seen before with Salt Typhoon: patient, credential-driven infiltration of telecom and infrastructure ecosystems. These aren’t just data breaches. They…

  3. From AAA to Assurance: How the UK Telecoms Security Act Is Shaping Identity-Based Network Control

    October 31st, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in News, Perspective, Research, Security Outcomes |

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    Introduction As CISOs, we often face regulations that seem far removed from the practical realities of running identity and access infrastructure. The UK’s Telecommunications Security Act (TSA) and its accompanying Code of Practice mark a significant shift in that dynamic. Identity and privileged access management are no longer back-office hygiene tasks; they are front-line compliance…

  5. How to Prevent $4M Breaches with Unified IAM and PAM Defense

    August 5th, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Best Practices, How To Advice, Perspective |

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    The identity security landscape has reached a critical tipping point. As AI-powered attack tools become readily available, attackers target identity credentials and privileged access with unprecedented sophistication and scale. Traditional fragmented security approaches are crumbling under the weight of automated threats that can simultaneously exploit both identity and privilege vulnerabilities.  According to EMA Research, the…

  6. Compliance and Unified Identity Security in Financial Services

    July 31st, 2025 by Vaughn Camarda | Posted in Best Practices, How To Advice |

    With all the sensitive data financial institutions collect, it should come as no surprise that the financial services industry is one of the top targets for cybercriminals. That’s also why compliance with stringent regulations and standards is so important — in fact, it’s essential for doing business. In the interconnected financial landscape, managing multiple point solutions for compliance…

  7. 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…

  8. 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…

  9. The Significance of Identity Security

  10. BeIdentitySmart, BeCyberSmart for Security Practitioners

    March 8th, 2023 by Vaughn Camarda | Posted in Best Practices |

    The phrase “a dog is for life, not just for Christmas” was coined by British animal welfare charity Dogs Trust over 40 years ago and still rings true to this day. The same theory must also be applied to securing digital identities in our increasingly turbulent modern business world. It’s all well and good having…

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