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  1. CISO CHRONICLES: THE GATHERING STORM Episode 1

    The conference call was brief. Tense, on our end, but brief. “Mr. Vinston, we were able to negotiate them down to $3 million,” the voice on the other end of the call told our CEO. “My advice is to weigh that amount against the cost of rebuilding your environment, PR damage, and the business disruption.”…

  2. 2021 Trends in Securing Digital Identities

    The past year represented a significant disruption for organizations and increased the workload for most identity and security teams. It forced organizations to recognize the importance of securing digital identities, whether maintaining employee productivity through secure access from anywhere, using any device, or transforming engagement with customers to secure online services. Did this unprecedented shift…

  3. Identity and Access Management: The Stakeholder Perspective

    The number of identities managed in the enterprise is exploding (52% say that identities have grown more than five-fold in the past 10 years), organizations struggle to align identity and security teams (only half (53%) report that security has any level of ownership for workforce IAM) and 94% of organizations have had an identity-related breach), which 99%…

  4. Identity Security: A Work in Progress

    Identity-related breaches have become ubiquitous in the last 2 years, with most organizations believing the breach could have been prevented through identity access management (IAM), education, better organizational alignment and integrated technology solutions. Research conducted in 2020 by the Identity Defined Security Alliance highlights the trends in identity security, including identity-related breaches in IT security…

  5. How Security Teams Are Addressing Risk

    Despite significant spending on IT security solutions and identity and access management technologies, compromised identities still represent a real threat to enterprises.  Why are so many companies still struggling with reducing the risk of a breach from inadvertent misuse by insiders to an external attack targeting a business partner’s servers or users? This report, based…

  6. The Guide to Identity Defined Security

    Being a security leader in today’s dynamic environment is a challenge. They are constantly fending off increasingly sophisticated attacks, usually with limited resources and minimal Board support. The attack surfaces are expanding as organizations support a remote workforce, adopt cloud strategies, and take on digital transformation initiatives. The consequences of a breach are shifting from…

  7. 2021 Trends in Securing Digital Identities

    The results of this year’s research, 2021 Trends in Securing Digital Identities, made it clear that the overnight shift to an online world had a significant impact on how organizations approach the people, process, and technology aspects of securing digital identities. COVID-19 put the spotlight on the importance of securing digital identities and provided the…

  8. Identity Management Day 2021: Why Identity Management Matters

  9. Why Identity Defined Security?

    We live in an increasingly connected world. In addition, the recent shift to remote working has significantly increased the risk of a cyber security attack due to compromised identities, accounts and credentials. The issue of identity, and its inherent connection to security, is more important than ever. We surveyed over 500 identity and security leaders to find…

  10. Security, Privacy and Convenience: Why Can’t We Have It All?

    May 9th, 2022 by Jeff Reich | Posted in Perspective | No Comments

    Earlier this year, the backlash against the IRS over the use of facial recognition technology to authenticate taxpayers signing up for online accounts caused the agency to abruptly change course. This situation is part of a familiar pattern, where privacy concerns regularly butt up against technology and innovation, which are accelerating faster than ever. As…

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