Access Governance Suite
Dealing with Insider Threat: Your Security Can’t Drive Itself Any More Than Your Car Can
The idea of driverless cars has fascinated pop culture for many years. From Herbie the Love Bug to KITT from Knight Rider, visions of cars that drive themselves continue to capture our imaginations. Unfortunately, as is the case of driverless cars, we can get ahead of ourselves when trying to develop and use certain technology….
Toxic Data – How US Organizations can Lower Risk
The 2014 Global Economic Crime Survey conducted by PwC shares a startling statistic about cyberattacks: “seven percent of U.S. organizations lost $1 million or more due to cybercrime incidents in 2013, compared with three percent of global organizations; furthermore, 19 percent of U.S. entities reported financial losses of $50,000 to $1 million, compared with eight…
Falling Skies: The Consequences of Stealth IT
If someone really needs to do something, they will find a way to do it. The wheel. Nails. The compass. Paper. The printing press. Light bulbs. Computers. The Internet. Running your own email server as the US Secretary of State. In the last 40 years, I don’t think there is a business person on the…
Three Tips to Motivate Colleagues toward Action during an IT Security Audit
There are a few things you can do to achieve greater efficacy during your next access certification campaign that don’t require a Superbowl-ad-sized budget. Here are some tips to consider to make your next access certification truly effective.
Do You Have Control of Your Access Management?
How can you tell? Many IT professionals can’t tell if their identity and access management (IAM) is keeping pace with the latest regulatory controls. But there are organizations, like the SANS Institute, that have tried to simplify security control models with their Critical Security Controls. Your organization is ultimately responsible for deciding whether or not…
IAM and Security in the Era of Cloud and Mobility
Last week I attended the NetIQ BrainShare conference in Salt Lake City. In this blog post I’ll reflect on the content and themes – as I experienced them myself. There was a lot to choose from at BrainShare. I built my agenda mainly around IAM and security. Especially I wanted to learn about NetIQ’s vision…
Healthcare Part 1 – HIMSS 2014: A Record Breaking Event
I attended the HIMSS 2014 conference in Orlando last week and this was my first time at this event. I must say I was apprehensive about an event of this size and what it would be like to be one person in a sea of >30,000 attendees. In the end, the count was record breaking…
HIMSSSanity 2014 – Day 1 is in the Books!
What a day at HIMSS 2014 today. Our partner friends at CDW sum it up well as HIMSSSanity in this infographic. If you didn’t think Healthcare is under great transformation before today, the first day on the expo floor said otherwise. The NetIQ folks were illustrating A Day in the Life of a Patient at…
Badge In At HIMSS 2014
The count down starts as I and 37,000+ prepare to be snowbirds for the week in sunny Orlando. This is a big change from last Friday here in Virginia where I shoveled a foot of heavy, wet snow so I could get my car out. Today I have the windows open and looking forward to…
An Identity Foundation
I have to explain Identity & Access Management (IAM) basics to people at lot. So, I created this animated GIF to help explain it to someone who knows nothing about what comes second nature to those of us in the security game: A person uses any one of these devices: Desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, etc….
