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Single Sign-On (SSO) is a session and user authentication service where one set of credentials – typically a username and password – can be used by an organization’s users to access multiple apps.  SSO delivers tighter control for admins, helping to keep an organization’s data more secure by providing access only to users who really … Continue reading Single Sign-On and why your organization needs it!

COVID-19 was a shock to the global economy. The pandemic aside, the enforced and voluntary closure of offices has dramatically changed the way businesses work. Overnight, employees were instructed to work from home, in many cases indefinitely. There are still tens of thousands of organizations around the world who are still unsure of when, if … Continue reading Business from anywhere: IAM as a vital piece of the Business Continuity puzzle

Many enterprises have built their cybersecurity around their firewalls. But increasingly, the firewall is losing favor in modern enterprises with apps and data on the cloud being accessed from devices and networks anywhere in the world.  The traditional cybersecurity tool is a network security device that monitors traffic to or from the network. It allows … Continue reading Burn down the Firewall! The Future is Device-level Security

Remote working has impacted the world of cybersecurity in multiple ways. Remote workers are often not protected by enterprise-level security and so are more prone to cyberattack. The FBI reported a 300% increase in cybercrimes since the pandemic began, and remote work has increased the average cost of a data breach substantially.  Employees working from … Continue reading 6 Password Policy Management Best Practices for a more secure IT environment

An important new practice that has emerged over the past few years in IT management is Bimodal IT, defined by Gartner as the practice of managing two separate but coherent styles of work: one focused on predictability; the other on exploration. While the application of the Bimodal concept within an enterprise has been the subject … Continue reading Identity and Access Management in the age of Bimodal IT

Healthcare organizations are unique in the volume and sensitivity of information that they hold. Reports say that healthcare is among the 5 most cyber-attacked industries over the past 5 years.  The 2020 Breach Barometer published by Protenus reports that in 2019, more than 41 million patient records were breached, and around 40% of the respondents … Continue reading IAM as the Solution to Healthcare Sector Challenges

Active Directory is quite simply the most popular identity management solution for enterprises in the world. An incredible ~90% of the Global Fortune 1000 companies use Active Directory as their primary method of authentication!  Does your organization, like so many others, manage user identity with Active Directory (AD) too? If so, we’re guessing you have … Continue reading Is dependence on AD holding back your provisioning & deprovisioning?

What’s deprovisioning? Simply put, deprovisioning is the opposite of provisioning. While provisioning is carried out when an employee joins the organization, deprovisioning needs to be carried out when an employee exits.  Deprovisioning involves revoking the user’s access to the organization’s data, applications and devices. It is the final stage of the corporate user lifecycle that … Continue reading The What, Why, and How of Deprovisioning

With each passing year, newer technologies emerge and companies of all sizes adopt them to keep up the competitive, ever-changing business landscape. According to a study by Gartner, the technology roadmap for 2020-2022 is said to be largely based on three major themes – remote work, productivity, and operations. Here are five major trends expected … Continue reading The Road Ahead: Emerging Trends in the Technology Sector