05.20.2022 - Why Was Okta Hacked and How Can Companies Prevent Hacks From Occurring?
In March 2020, Okta revealed that LUPSUS$ stole and leaked some of their customers’ information online. While the incident is over for Okta, understanding the extent of the damages and how they occurred can help other companies determine how to protect themselves and their clients.
12.7.2020 - IAM Managed Services Address a Human Problem
The task of protecting your company’s data from a breach comes with one very important challenge. Users. If cybersecurity were merely an internal process, it would be easy. But data is useless unless the people who need it are able to access it, and that makes identity access management a human problem. ...
10.1.2020 - 6 A/B Tests You Can Run on Your E-Commerce Cart
08.28.2020 - 6 Security Features to Look for in Your CRM Software
10.23.2019 - Authentication, Authorization, and API Enablement
09.13.2019 - Using Context-Based Authentication and Authorization to Minimize Risk
07.30.2019 - Authentication 101: Your Basic Guide to Authentication
07.9.2019 - 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. ...
04.26.2019 - Does My Business Need Cloud Security?
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. ...
