The fourth annual Identity Management Day (April 9) brought the opportunity to assess and evaluate the shifting environment plaguing Identity and Access Management (IAM).… The post IAM in a shifting environment appeared first on Cyber Protection Magazine ..read more

Personal data isn’t just about your name, phone number, credit cards and social security numbers. It’s also about your online habits, like where you are physically when you are online, what you do when you are online, and how you do certain things. All of that is recorded, filed and analyzed by various companies, including your employers. It can identify who you are and are as much a part of your digital identity as your user name and password. In fact, that data might be more accurate than your password. That may seem creepy but collecting that kind of data protects you from fraud. Often the ..read more

This year marks the second annual Identity Management Day, a day designed to highlight the importance of managing digital identities online. With 79% of all organisations having experienced an identity related security breach in the last two years, this is an issue that must be taken seriously. With that in mind, Cyber Protection Magazine spoke to six technology experts to get their thoughts on identity management – and their top tips to keep individuals and businesses safe. Where does responsibility lie? Our digital identities are broader than ever, as we offer up more and more information to ..read more

The RSAC 2023 Keynote by Rohit Ghai, CEO of RSA Security Stated very simply, AI will cause us humans to be totally confused about our role in this world. We face a looming identity crisis. I think the humans in the identity control center will not be spared either. Today let’s talk about what this crisis specifically means for them. Identity tech has lived through 3 disruptive technology waves. The first was the internet wave. The hallmark of that time was connectivity. Everything was getting connected, and our sector secured those connections. The second: the mobile cloud wave. It was charact ..read more

The arena of Zero Trust is an unbridled circus. Conflicting best practices, classic overselling, and niche use cases abound making two things painfully clear: 1) organizational leadership is making Zero Trust a top priority, and 2) the folks tasked with implementing it have no idea where to start. Large enterprises benefit from larger budgets and staffing for widespread planning, the assessment of many different tools, and perhaps the time to get things right. Smaller organizations rely on managed service providers (MSPs) who live and breathe Zero Trust. The most challenged group is the mid-ma ..read more

Cyber insurance is a difficult subject to get one’s head around. On the one hand, it is absolutely crucial to have that insurance in place before a company is hit with a successful cyber attack. On the other hand, getting the right insurance for a specific company’s needs is not simple. Getting it right requires a technical discipline almost separate from all other security practices. Cyber Protection Magazine (CPM) sat down with Brett Helm of Dragonfly Cyber to talk about cyber insurance automation solutions. CPM – Your company provides solutions for automated cyber-insurance compliance, whic ..read more

Research by the IDSA reveals that 84% of organisations have experienced an identity-related security breach in the last two years, and 96% believe their identity-related breaches were preventable. Matt Rider, VP of Security Engineering EMEA at Exabeam, explains: “It’s for this reason that efforts such as Identity Management Day are so important. Not only does it provide the opportunity to raise awareness around the subject, but it also provides a space to educate the public on best practices.” Matt Rider, Exabeam Today marks the 3rd annual Identity Management Day, which aims to draw attention ..read more

Key Guidelines and Simple Takeaways The steady stream of technology acronyms in cloud security can numb the brain (see our Cybersecurity Cheat Sheets for explanations on some of those acronyms). From CASB to CSPM to CWPP and more, understanding the essence and comparative value of a solution can be daunting. But some are well worth the effort. In this article, we’ll outline Cloud Infrastructure Entitlements Management (CIEM) technology, its easy wins, and the added value it brings to reducing identity access risk.  A brief history of CIEM It wasn’t just global social upheaval and sweatpan ..read more

Zero trust is a heavily used buzzword. It inspires confidence when it’s used by cyber security and technology experts to imply a completely secure technology environment that protects people, devices and applications – all of the time. In reality, however, almost no-one in the security industry can deliver true zero trust without shutting down every connection and paralysing digital infrastructure. That’s because end-to-end zero trust is a purely academic concept that’s simply not workable for the vast majority of contemporary organisations. Nevertheless, the need for constant vigilance in the ..read more

In Cybersecurity it is important to protect your identity – but what is that identity that people always talk about and why does it need protection? We wanted to know and spoke with not only one, but two experts on the matter. Watch their answers in our video byte special: Our first guest is Mike Kiser, Senior Identity Strategist at SailPoint: In our second video, Alan Grau from Sectigo explains his view on the topic: The post Video Byte Special: What is Identity? appeared first on Cyber Protection Magazine ..read more