Tag: Governance

Privileged access management solutions will be beneficial if you use them correctly. This includes: ...

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could use a single login ID to renew your passport and driver’s license, see when mail was coming and pay government taxes all online? Well, if you’re from New Zealand, you may already be doing that and more with a service called RealMe. New Zealand’s Government is using RealMe to eliminate red tape and make doing things online easier and safer for individuals. If you’re interested in safe access management, contact Optimal IdM today or request a free trial of our IAM software. ...

One of the most exciting advances in identity protection today is context-based authentication and authorization. You may also hear it called “adaptive” authentication and authorization. Context-based access uses analytic data that an identity platform compiles as part of the authorization and authentication process to improve authentication methods. These analytic-enhanced authentication methods should be even more effective at enhancing consumer safety and reducing online fraud. ...

What is your company’s cybersecurity maturity level? If you haven’t considered cybersecurity capability maturity-model levels, your company’s identity and access management protocols may not be where they need to be. In general, the stronger your information security maturity model is — meaning the more mature your identity and access management setup is — the greater your defense against outside threats will be. ...

In our blogs, “Initiating Steps On The Path To GDPR Compliance” and “GDPR Compliance – Assessing Data Controls and Risk Management”, we discussed data mapping and risk assessments. Today, we are going to discuss governance. ...

After reading our blog “Initiating Steps On The Path To GDPR Compliance” and completing your data mapping exercise, you should now have an understanding of what data your company collects, how it is used, where it is stored, who has access, and when and how it is deleted.  What should you do next? ...

If you are reading this you have heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and are concerned whether it applies to you. Since it applies to all European Union citizens, no matter where they are located in the world, it is very likely that it does. The question of enforceability, especially if you don’t have an EU presence, is a different issue. But most multi-national companies are following the requirements down to their supply chain, so if you are not compliant, you may find business opportunities drying up. ...

The Semantic Web is essentially an extension of the traditional web that gives companies and developers a common framework to ease the sharing of data, enabling it to be used across multiple applications and warehouses. ...