04.15.2020 - Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management, Worldwide
According to Gartner, “Niche Players provide access management technology that are a good match for specific use cases. They may focus on specific industries or have a geographically limited footprint/ however, they can actually outperform many competitors.” Optimal IdM is honored to be included in the Gartner 2019 Magic Quadrant for Access Management, Worldwide. We believe our placement affirms our unique offering that goes beyond what other vendors in the space provide, namely the choice of having a non-shared environment. Or, in other words, a private, dedicated, secure, single tenant for the IAM space. ...
04.6.2020 - Tips For Working At Home – Advice From a Virtual Business Owner
Even after the coronavirus inevitably ends, decisions on how to handle working from home will influence enterprises; whether it involves creating work-from-home policies or handling remote workforces securely, both cybersecurity and productivity matter. ...
10.23.2019 - Authentication, Authorization, and API Enablement
10.16.2019 - KuppingerCole Analyst Executive View: Optimal IdM and The OptimalCloud™
The IDaaS market has evolved over the past few years and is still growing, both in size and in the number of vendors. However, under the umbrella term of IDaaS, we find a variety of offerings. IDaaS, in general, provides Identity & Access Management capabilities as a service, ranging from Single Sign-On to full Identity Provisioning for both on-premise and cloud solutions. These solutions also vary in their support for different groups of users – such as employees, business partners, and customers – their support for mobile users, and their integration capabilities back to on-premise environments. ...
09.17.2019 - Behavioral Biometrics Explained
A useful and growing field in the area of identity authentication is biometrics. The three major accepted factors for identification are knowing something, having something and being something. A person can identify themselves through demonstrating a secret piece of knowledge such as a password or PIN, producing an access card, fob or key or presenting something that is a part of them, like their fingerprint. The last category is what we mean when we talk about biometrics. ...
09.4.2019 - 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. ...
07.30.2019 - Authentication 101: Your Basic Guide to Authentication
04.26.2019 - Does My Business Need Cloud Security?
02.25.2019 - Identity ‘Access’ and ‘Governance’ Tech Converge To Meet Data Protection Challenges: The Last Watchdog
An encouraging consolidation trend is gaining traction among specialized IAM and IGA suppliers. These best-of-breed vendors are joining forces to market and deliver service suites assembled to make a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. The recently announced Optimal IdM-Omada partnership is a case in point. Read the full article here. By: Byron V. Acohido 
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02.18.2019 - 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. ...
