Category: Access Governance
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The Role of Access Governance in Securing Government IT Systems
Government agencies across the globe are increasingly dependent on robust IT systems to carry out their mandates effectively. From citizen services to internal communications, digital infrastructure is at the core of efficient government operations. However, with this digital reliance comes the immense responsibility of securing sensitive information from ever-evolving cyber threats. Herein lies the critical…
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The Critical Role of Access Governance in Healthcare Compliance
Discover the vital role of access governance in healthcare compliance with Avatier’s identity management solutions.
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How Zero-Trust Identity Management Protects Financial Data Using Avatier
Discover how Zero-Trust Identity Management with Avatier enhances financial data protection by limiting access risks.
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Identity Protection in Online Trading Platforms with Avatier
Secure your online trading platforms with Avatier’s innovative identity protection solutions, enhancing security and access.
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Improving Customer Authentication with Identity-as-a-Service using Avatier’s Assistant
Improve authentication with Avatier’s AI-powered Identity-as-a-Service, enhancing security, user experience, and identity management.
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The Intersection of IoT and Identity Management in Banking using Avatier’s Assistant
Discover how IoT and Identity Management revolutionize banking with Avatier’s solutions, enhancing security and streamlining operations
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Managing Vendor Access in Banking: Best Practices using Avatier’s Assistant
Ensure secure vendor access in banking with Avatier’s solutions, optimizing workflows, managing third-party risks, and enhancing compliance.
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Simplifying Loan Application Workflows with SSO and IAM
Discover how Avatier’s identity management solutions simplify loan workflows with seamless single sign-on and robust security.
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The Role of Biometric MFA in Contactless Payments
Explore how biometric MFA enhances security and convenience in contactless payments with Avatier’s innovative identity management solutions.
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Identity Management for Credit Unions: Unique Challenges and Solutions
Discover how Avatier’s identity management solutions enhance security, compliance, and streamline access, protecting credit union data.
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How Blockchain and Identity Management Enhance Financial Security
Discover how blockchain and identity management revolutionize financial security with Avatier’s IAM solutions enhancing security.
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Identity Management for Hedge Funds: Balancing Security and Performance using Avatier’s Solutions
Discover how hedge funds balance security and performance with Avatier’s identity management, automation, zero-trust, and AI.
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Understanding API Security in FinTech
Discover how Avatier’s Identity Governance solutions enhance secure API access, automation, and zero-trust principles in FinTech.
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The Transformative Role of AI in Access Governance for Financial Institutions
Discover how AI transforms access governance in financial institutions with Avatier’s assistant, enhancing security and workflows.
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The Rising Need for Secure Remote Work in Financial Services
Enhance remote work security with Avatier’s SSO solution, offering unified workflows, access management, and AI-driven security.
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Why Legacy Identity Systems Are a Security Risk for Banks
Legacy identity systems pose security risks for banks. Learn how Avatier’s solutions enhance compliance and prevent cyber threats.
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Preventing Phishing Attacks on Financial Employees with MFA
Strengthen defenses against phishing with Avatier’s MFA solutions, enhancing security and simplifying access across industries.
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How Identity Governance Reduces Compliance Costs in Banking
Explore how Avatier’s identity governance solutions reduce compliance costs in the banking sector. Discover streamline banking operations.
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Implementing Continuous Authentication for Banking Employees using Avatier’s Assistant
Explore how Avatier’s continuous authentication revolutionizes security for banking employees. Learn why Avatier is the ideal solution
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Digital Banking Security: How Access Certification Prevents Data Breaches
Avatier’s access certification enhances digital banking security, prevents breaches, and ensures compliance.
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Access Governance for Wealth Management Firms: Protecting Client Data using Avatier’s Assistant
Discover how Avatier’s Access Governance solutions empower wealth management firms to safeguard client data.
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The Role of Identity Management in Mergers and Acquisitions in Finance
Explore the critical role of identity management in financial mergers and acquisitions. Discover Avatier’s innovative solutions
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Insider Threats in Banking: How Identity Management Mitigates Risk
Discover how identity management solutions like Avatier are transforming banking security by mitigating insider threats.
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Financial Cybersecurity: How Access Governance Prevents Data Breaches Using Avatier’s Assistant
Discover how Avatier’s cutting-edge identity management solutions prevent data breaches by simplifying access
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How Biometric MFA Can Secure High-Value Transactions Using Avatier’s Solutions
Discover how Avatier’s biometric multi-factor authentication (MFA) enhances security for high-value transactions.
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Managing Third-Party Access in Financial Institutions Using Avatier’s Assistant
Discover how Avatier revolutionizes third-party access management in financial institutions with a unified, automated approach.
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Preventing Wire Fraud with Adaptive Identity Governance using Avatier’s Assistant
Discover how Avatier’s adaptive identity governance solutions empower enterprises to prevent wire fraud by enhancing security protocols.
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Securing Financial Transactions with AI-Driven Access Controls using Avatier’s Assistant
Discover how Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions seamlessly simplify access while safeguarding sensitive financial data
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Identity Governance in FinTech: Keeping Customer Transactions Secure with Avatier
Enhance financial security with Avatier’s AI-driven identity management solutions to ensure seamless compliance for FinTech transactions.
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Adaptive MFA for Online Banking: Reducing Fraud Without Disrupting Users
Discover how Avatier’s Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication transforms online banking by reducing fraud effectively
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How Biometric MFA is Changing the Future of ATM Security
Discover the future of ATM protection with advanced biometric authentication and robust identity management solutions.
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Identity Governance for Hedge Funds: Managing High-Risk Access using Avatier
Explore how Avatier’s intelligent identity management solutions enhance security for hedge funds.
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How Access Governance Shields Financial Institutions from Fraud
Discover how Avatier’s access governance solutions protect financial institutions from fraud, enhancing security and simplifying identity management to ensure compliance and agility. Learn how automation and AI-driven insights fortify financial defenses
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Unlocking Efficiency and Security: The Power of Access Governance in User Lifecycle Management
In today’s dynamic business environment, effective user lifecycle management is essential for maintaining efficiency, productivity, and security.
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The Future of Access Governance: Emerging Technologies and Trends
The world of access governance is undergoing a transformative shift, driven by the emergence of cutting-edge technologies that are reshaping the way organizations manage and secure their digital assets.
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Unlocking the Key to Success: Measuring the Effectiveness of Access Governance Programs
The effectiveness of access governance programs has become a critical factor in determining an organization’s success.
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Zero Trust Security Is All About The Concept
In the age of zero trust security, access governance has become a crucial component of an organization’s overall security strategy.
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Key Considerations for Effective Access Governance for Privileged Users
Effective access governance for privileged users is a critical component of your organization’s overall security and compliance strategy.
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Balancing Security and User Experience with Access Governance
In the ever-evolving digital landscape, access governance has become a critical component of organizational success.
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What Is An Access Governance In The Cloud?
Navigating the challenges of access governance in the cloud is a critical priority for organizations seeking to harness the power of cloud computing while maintaining robust security, compliance, and control over their data and resources.
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Decoding Access Governance: Unraveling Roles and Responsibilities
Effective access governance has become a critical component of an organization’s security strategy.
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Streamlining Access Governance: The Key to Automating Access Reviews
Compliance requirements are becoming increasingly stringent, the need for effective Access Governance has never been more critical.
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Securing Your Identity: A Guide to Building a Compliant Access Governance Framework
In an era of heightened cyber threats and stringent regulatory compliance, securing your identity has never been more crucial.
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Enhancing Security: The Importance of Continuously Monitoring User Access Privileges
Continuous monitoring and enforcement of user access policies are essential for maintaining a robust security posture.
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Unlocking Success: Effective Strategies and Solutions for Enforcing Access Policies
Enforcing effective access policies is a critical component of maintaining security, compliance, and operational efficiency within your organization.
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Mastering Access Control: The Principle of Least Privilege for Enhanced Security
The principle of least privilege is a fundamental security concept that can significantly enhance the overall security posture of your organization.
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Access Governance: Taking Control of Your Organization’s Identity Landscape
In today’s dynamic business environment, mastering identity and access governance is crucial for organizations seeking to maintain a strong security posture.
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Security Vulnerabilities of a Remote Workforce
Millions of people are working from home. That reality creates new security challenges. Use these seven practical techniques to mitigate work from home security risks.
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Are You Completing These Access Management Metrics Every Month?
Access management metrics matter because IT security is constantly changing. The outside security environment changes every year. Attackers are increasingly impersonating popular brands that are harder to avoid. Inside your organization, employees come and go each month. According to U.S. government data, average employee tenure in America is about four years. So, the training and…
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Communicating Single Sign On Best Practices In Remote Education
IT security departments in schools and colleges don’t always have the best reputations. They are known for forbidding specific software. They apply controls to the network and sometimes do not explain why. Before you implement (or improve) single sign-on technology at your school, resolve to do better. Single sign-on technology can make daily life better…
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How Does SSO Work For Schools?
How does SSO work and make life better for students and teachers?
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What Is Work From Home Access Governance?
Large-scale work from home might be here to stay. The way you protect employees and customer data will need to evolve as a result. You’re probably already using VPN security, for example. While VPN will protect you against some security threats, it is not enough to keep your company safe. Work-from-home access governance requires you…
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What Information Do You Have Protect To Meet PIPEDA Compliance?
PIPEDA doesn’t have to scary, painful or expensive if you have the right strategy. The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) applies to private companies in Canada, so if you do business in Canada or have Canadian customers, this law matters. Before you acquire software or adjust your processes, you need to start…
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How To Use Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Audits To Meet PIPEDA Requirements
Are you doing business in Canada? If so, you need to know your responsibilities under PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act), including cybersecurity protections. Companies that fail to live up to PIPEDA requirements face privacy complaints, bad press and worse! This Canadian law imposes requirements on how companies collect, use and disclose personal…
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Take Your Access Governance Program Global in 6 Steps
Global access governance is no longer optional. Once a problem for large corporations alone, most companies now have operations in multiple countries. This global expansion is valuable; it brings more opportunities for growth, access to new markets, and talent. However, there’s a downside to that expansion. Traditional access governance programs are no longer enough. Fortunately,…
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Is Your Cybersecurity Delivering Value For Money
There’s an awkward question that nobody wants to answer in the cybersecurity profession. If you avoid this question, non-security professionals will answer it for you. You owe it to the organization to face this question directly and give a thoughtful answer. The question is simple: What cybersecurity cost should your organization pay? However, the answer…
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Why Banks Need SSO to Prevent Cyber Crime
What’s the most important factor in a bank’s success? It’s not a large customer base. It’s not high-frequency trading algorithms. It’s something much more simple and human: trust. After all, banks don’t sell a product. You can’t touch a deposit account or a loan. Everything is based upon your banker and the quality of the…
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Outsourced But Not Out of Mind – Access Governance and Outsourcing
Outsourcing is a popular way to reduce costs and access new capabilities. Rapidly cutting costs certainly helps the bottom line, but there’s no free lunch in business. When you outsource, you need new management processes to properly oversee that arrangement. If you close your eyes and hope for the best, outsourcing may blow up in…
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Prevention First: The Smart Way To Reduce Suspicious Activity Problems At The Office
Have you ever seen the “gorilla” video experiment? It’s a classic example about the challenge of noticing problems. Viewers are asked to watch a video; look now. Your mission: count how many times players wearing white pass the basketball. There’s a surprise lurking inside the video: a person in a gorilla suit walks through the…
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CHECKLIST: Reduce User Access Security Risk in 7 Steps
Most employees will leave your organization, eventually. The only question is when and how they depart. In some situations, a departing employee is a positive event, such as a long-awaited retirement. However, what about other situations, such as joining a competitor or being laid off when your organization has financial struggles? Those situations present heightened…
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Cut Your Access Governance Complexity With The Principle of Least Privilege
You already have robust firewalls, penetration testing, and annual cybersecurity training for all employees. Unfortunately, you’re still suffering security failures. What else can you do to protect your organization? Your next move requires you to admit an uncomfortable truth about cybersecurity. You cannot anticipate and prevent every attack on your organization. Some industries, such as…
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Access Governance For Financial Companies: How To Stay Current
Achieving lasting success in the banking industry is tough. You have to compete against new players such as PayPal and Apple Pay while keeping regulators happy. Lingering public anger from the financial crisis means that voters, elected officials, and others eye your operations with an unfriendly eye. In this environment, you’re just one problem away…
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The Path to Access Governance Success: Your 7-Step Plan
You are never “done” with access governance. Like going to the gym, it’s a steady discipline that keeps you in excellent condition. The fact that you didn’t experience a hack, data loss, or fraud last year is no guarantee that you will coast through this year. So what’s the solution to this challenge? The “Habits”…
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Get Ready for Your Next Access Governance Audit With 8 Questions
Your director just shared the news that your department’s annual IT audit is next week. Details are limited, but you have heard from colleagues that the audit will include access governance. You still have a few days to prepare yourself and get a clean audit. What can you do? Step one: do not panic. A…
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How to Improve Access Governance for Finance
Which employees have access to the most sensitive data in your organization? You might say human resources because they have performance reviews and salaries. From a company viewpoint, that is not quite right. There are two other areas to consider: customer data and financial data. Let’s look at financial data more closely and why you…
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Reduce Employee Fraud Risk: 5 Ways to Improve Offboarding
Every employee you currently have will leave the organization. They may leave for other opportunities, retire, or be restructured. From a risk and security viewpoint, that process needs to be managed carefully. Why? Poor employee offboarding puts the company and individual at risk. How Poor Employee Offboarding Hurts Companies Mismanaging how employees leave your company…
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6 Questions To Answer Before You Start an Access Governance Project
You want to improve your cybersecurity defenses. There’s just one problem. There are many different security products and projects you could start. Is access governance the right project? To guide you through the decision-making process, use the questions in this article. Know Your Organization’s Priorities and Context: Going Outside the IT Department Your IT project…
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Why User Provisioning Makes Life Better for the Help Desk and Users
Compared to other IT budgets, IT help desks rarely receive substantial budget increases. Investing in cybersecurity protection, new apps, or maintaining an ERP or CRM often feel more important. However, the help desk provides a critical function in helping people to solve technical problems and get back to work. Let’s go inside the help desk…
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Access Governance for Non-IT Managers: The Tips You Need
IT tells you that you must take responsibility for access governance. So what exactly are you supposed to do with this new task? How can you get it done as quickly as possible? For business managers outside of IT, access governance sounds like an IT issue. To be fair, that is partly true. Let’s explore…
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When Access Governance Fails: Lost Time, Lost Money and More Hacking Incidents
Imagine a castle fortified with locked doors. Sounds secure, right? What if you left the keys in the locks? Alternatively, imagine that you could not remember who has the keys. That is one outcome that results from inadequate access governance. Before we go any further, let’s make sure we are on the same page with…
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Never Forget Your Password Again: How to Securely Manage All Your Passwords
Current estimates suggest that the average person has 27 discreet online logins. That’s a lot of passwords to remember. But in order to keep your passwords secure, they should be 16 characters long and contain upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Unless you’re a prodigy, I doubt anyone can keep track of these different…
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7 Reasons Single Sign-On Is Better Than Managing Passwords
Single sign-on, as explained in a previous Avatier article, “utilizes just one set of login credentials to access multiple applications. This type of authentication process is a response to the growing number of user accounts and the shift towards cloud technology.” Because the average number of passwords per person has grown from 6.5 in 2007…
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Hospitality and Resort Industry Identity Management and SSO
What does a resort guest want from their experience on an emotional level? For many guests, it comes down to rest and relaxation. That means getting a break from the stresses of everyday living. Creating that experience requires a combination of hospitality services and amenities, such as clean and spacious rooms, pools, beaches, restaurants and…
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5 Ways to Evaluate Utility Security
Reliable, secure energy is essential to the smooth functioning of modern society. However, the complexity and age of modern power systems leaves much to be desired. In 2015, the Ukraine power grid was attacked. That incident knocked more than 30 substations offline and put more than 230,000 users in the dark. Later analysis found that…
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Cut Your College Security Workload in 4 Steps
Today’s colleges and universities are called on to provide an increasing variety of services beyond research and teaching. Students and families expect tutors, residences, athletic facilities and other supports. At the same time, college leaders are competing for the best students and grants. A lean, highly efficient administration is critical to attracting students, faculty, and…
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Revolutionize the Way your Enterprise Conducts Access Certification Audits
Make your security and compliance management fast and easy. Revolutionize the way you conduct access certification audits by enabling business users to participate in reviews. Conduct access certifications IT audit instantly. Have the luxury to be able to perform access certification IT audits from any device with Avatier’s Compliance Auditor. It is the only access…
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Eliminate Security Risk by Automating Group Management through Avatier Group Requester
For companies with thousands of users, it can become quite difficult to manage and group all of their user accounts. All it takes is for one employee with the wrong set of access controls to pose a serious security threat which can put your company in jeopardy. Avatier’s Group Requester offers an innovative solution as…
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Uncovering and Recovering from Medical Identity Theft
Medical identity theft bites. I’m often advising others on medical identity theft. (May I add— more than I would like.) They for some reason equate my enterprise security career with protecting their personal health information (PHI). Timely detection is critical for thwarting medical identity theft. To do so, act immediately if you suspect someone spoofed…
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The Force Awakens and the Gartner Identity Governance & Administration Magic Quadrant
May the force not mislead you. The Gartner Identity Governance Magic Quadrant was released and why did I stand in line? The Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Magic Quadrant is not “new” by any measure of nonfiction. It goes without saying. The Leaders in this quadrant represent the status quo. As far as a solution,…
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Top 10 Information Security Worst of 2015
Information security under assault While 2014 became known as the "Year of the Information Security Breach," in 2015 privacy got thrown out the window. Fueled by success, cyber criminals were more sophisticated. They used better tools and exploited bigger targets with greater frequency. In response, IT organizations are evolving to view information security not just…
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Avatier Identity Management and Cherwell Software Strategic Alliance Makes ITSM and Enterprise Cloud Computing Better
Avatier announces a Strategic Alliance Partnership with Cherwell Software. Today, at the Cherwell Global Conference, we announced an incredible partnership with Cherwell Software™, a leading IT Service Management (ITSM) vendor, business and workforce enablement system. Our strategic alliance partnership with Cherwell ensures best practices are utilized in the design and implementation of the integration of…
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NSA Map Shows Chinese Government Cyber Attacks on U.S. Targets
Over 600 reported cyber attacks since 2010. In the movie, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Jeff Bridges plays Preston Tucker. As an entrepreneur, Tucker failed in 1947 to change the automotive industry. As a visionary, he succeeded in advancing automobile design, manufacturing and safety. In one scene, Tucker delivers an impassioned speech to investors.…
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NERC CIP Version 5 Compliance: Internal Controls or Executive Blinders
NERC CIP Version 5 internal controls. A few significant events occurred this week related to NERC CIP compliance that should not go unnoticed. Yesterday on July 1st, Version 5 of the NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) quietly went into effect. Version 5 encompasses the most comprehensive updates since the standards launched in 2008. For some…
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Eight Identity Management Practices for Stopping State Sponsored Cyber Attacks on Washington
Identity management defends against state sponsored cyber attacks. Last week Leon Panetta spoke at the Gartner Security Summit. His topic related to preventing cyber attacks in 2020. The irony was not lost considering four days prior. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced our government’s largest security breach. Initially, ABC News reported four million employee…
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Speeding Up the Gartner Security Summit
Gartner Security Summit Keynote Leon Panetta The Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2015 in Washington DC was no snooze fest. Quite the contrary. It’s just I don’t usually plan for security threats five years in advance. I’m engaged today. With the event infogram, "By 2020, 25% of global enterprises will engage the services of…
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How Sweet is Your Identity and Access Management (IAM) Suite?
Time to reconsider your identity and access management suite tooth. A common identity and access management (IAM) decision-making theme in many organizations seems to focus on selecting a “Suite” of products, but there is some movement in the corporate world to think of creating an identity ecosystem where multiple brands of products may be introduced…
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Why Identity and Access Management is an Information Security Best Practice
Good habits make for information security best practices. When the CISO of a large organization calls and starts the conversation with “you’ll never guess why I’m calling”, usually I do have a pretty good idea of why they called. Something bad has already happened. Even though organizations claim to know the best security practices, it…
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Building a User Community and Loyalty through Customer Support Services
Means “Use Your Community” In my previous blog, I wrote about the importance of hiring support professionals with strong communication skills. I indicated a support professionals’ written and verbal communication skills are as vital to successful support operations as their technical capabilities. Particularly, your support staff’s verbal and written skills are essential when interfacing directly…
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2015 Identity Management and IT Security Predictions
2015 Top identity management trends. 2015 ushers in the age of identity management authentication. With compromised systems reported by Target, Home Depot, EBay, Neiman Marcus, and Goodwill, 2014 is remembered as the "year of the retail breach". In 2015 every industry becomes a target, every identity a vulnerability, and every app a potential host. As…
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The 12 IT Security Hacks of Christmas
Who’s putting coal in your IT security stocking? Although 2013 is remembered as the “year of the retailer breach,” in 2014, no industry is left out. With IT security breaches totaling over a half billion records in 2014, companies like Adobe, Ebay, JP Morgan Chase, Home Depot, AOL, NASDAQ and even Google joined the fold.…
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What Will Your IT Security Get For The Holidays This Year?
IT Security gifts for the Christmas holidays. Happy Holidays! At least we’re all hoping they are going to be happy. With cybercrime and cyber terrorism on the rise, we’ll be lucky if we don’t get coal in our cyber stockings this year — especially if they already have cyber holes in them. According to a…
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Chiming In at the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives CIO Forum
CHIME 14 CIO Forum for healthcare IT executives and leaders. Last week I had the opportunity to participate in the CHIME 14 CIO Forum in San Antonio, Texas. This year the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) hosted over 800 industry professionals from all areas of the healthcare field representing the largest forum in…
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You need an Identity and Access Management solution if you deal with P.A.I.N.
Identity and access management manual processes. With all of the publicity around data breaches and information security issues affecting organizations today, I am still amazed to find companies who are willing to maintain antiquated identity and access management (IAM) processes. Maybe upper management simply isn’t aware of the operational and information security issues that exist,…
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Take Leadership ACTION When Undertaking an IT Risk Assessment
IT risk assessment influence. No matter how mature an organization is with managing security, it is almost guaranteed that some facet of security can be improved or overhauled at any given time. So where do you begin? This is why performing IT risk assessments is a critical component of any security program. Everyone agrees that…
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“Do You Feel Safer?” 911 from an Information Security Perspective
Information security 911 preparedness. Thirteen years after one of the most horrific terrorist attacks on America, I have to ask myself "do I feel any safer?" Like you, I’m sure, the answer is "no." On the other hand, the risk I feel now has less to do with a physical attack and more to do…
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The True Value of an Information Security Compliance Auditor
Information security audits add up. I recently read the KPMG Value of Audit, The Audit Model and the Profession by Rupert Bruce. Although the focus was on financial audits, the journal resonated with me as an information security auditor. Several takeaways made the article worth review. Beginning with the assumption ‘auditor’ is synonymous with ‘compliance…
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Who Needs HIPAA HITECH Anyway?
The Formula 1® HIPAA privacy rule. A short while ago, someone stole the medical records for Michael Schumacher, the severely injured Formula One race car driver, and put them up for sale on the Internet for 60,000 Swiss francs. So far, no tabloid has picked them up. I’m not sure what they would pay for…
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Avatier Packs Major Identity Management Changes into AIMS 9.5
Liftoff! This month the company launched the latest version of its Avatier Identity Anywhere (AIMS) providing several significant additions. AIMS 9.5 now includes SMS self-service password reset, a new patented approach to increased IT store intelligence, and revolutionary risk mitigation throughout. Enterprise Password Management AIMS’ Password Management module now features SMS two-factor authentication without requiring…
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The Four IT Security Principles: A Practical Guide to Improving Information Security
Security Commandments. Below are four principles to help you become a more effective IT security leader. While these principles won’t solve all your problems, if you practice them regularly, you can’t help but reduce risks and knock annoying security problems off your to-do lists. Start a difficult information security task Every IT security leader has…