Using Context-Based Authentication and Authorization to Minimize Risk
What is a Virtual Directory Server?
Essentially, a virtual directory server is a way to visualize the data between applications that are fundamentally incompatible, as well as directory servers and data stores that are incompatible. A virtual directory server is a type of software application known as a middleware application, and it abstracts back-end data from client software applications, which makes it possible to change the presentation of the data dynamically. You can simply integrate new applications into your current identity infrastructure without needing to alter directory data – your data stays in its original format and place. ...
7 Steps to Attain a Zero Trust Security Posture
The State of The Ransomware Problem
https://www.technology.org/2019/07/23/the-state-of-the-ransomware-problem/ ...
Authentication 101: Your Basic Guide to Authentication
5 Big Data Vulnerabilities You Could Be Overlooking
Optimal discusses the importance of IAM and how only the right people should have access to data, and there must be controls in place to both prevent and allow access when necessary. ...
Zero Trust: Organizations can begin to trust users, devices and transactions starting with a high level of IAM services and support.
A Zero Trust model begins with strong identity and access management (IAM) solutions. The challenge is how to balance between absolute assurance (thereby promoting maximum security) and end-user productivity and usability. The user identity can be challenged in many ways – for example, by requiring a hardware token or asking the person to answer a series of security questions – but overtly challenging the user can cause frustration and lead to lost productivity. ...
The Best Tools & Techniques for Employee Security Awareness Training
Does My Business Need Cloud Security?
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures – How to Unite Your Active Directories
CIOs that are under pressure to bring two companies’ IT systems and applications together after a merger or acquisition can unify their directory services quickly and inexpensively with a Virtual Identity Server. This paper looks at three of the leading approaches to bridging disparate sets of directory services into one seamless directory following a merger or acquisition. Conversely, we’ll look at the aspect of a divestiture, in which one company must entirely split out from another. Here, too, directory services play a role in a clean and quick divestiture or spin-off. ...
