10.20.2016 - Security Issues for the Semantic Web
05.5.2016 - The Way to a Hacker’s Heart: Insecure Passwords
People use “bad” passwords — no, these passwords aren’t swear words — for two reasons: They’re easy to come up with and easy to remember. Bad, or weak, passwords are passwords hackers find hilariously simple to crack. Examples of laughingstock passwords are: ...
04.20.2016 - More Reliability and Security for Your Enterprise
Optimal IdM has been providing innovative and quality identity management solutions and services since 2005. With The OptimalCloud, we are able to offer our clients a comprehensive cloud federation and single sign-on solution that is way ahead of the competition. Not only can The OptimalCloud be completely customized to meet the unique needs of our clients, but it is available at an affordable flat monthly fee instead of a pricey per user, per month cost. Most importantly, The OptimalCloud offers a higher level of security than other solutions, with its dedicated private cloud and custom synchronization options. If that isn’t enough, Optimal IdM has recently achieved its SSAE 16, SOC 2, Type I compliance certification ensuring its clients an even higher level of reliability and security for their identity data. ...
02.4.2016 - Optimal IdM’s Mike Brengs featured on ISACA
Michael Brengs, Managing Partner, Optimal IdM According to research by the Ponemon Institute, the average cost of a data breach in 2015 reached more than $3.8 million, or between $145 and $154 per record compromised. That is a 23 percent increase over 2013. This upward trend reflects a clear need for more effective security controls, both in terms of information storage and at the level of an organization’s policies and procedures. While every business faces different threats, there are several steps every entity can take to be more secure. Click Here to Read the Full Blog Post ...
01.18.2016 - Kerberos, The Three Headed Dog of Identity
10.30.2015 - Bridging the OAuth2/SAML2 Divide
It’s no secret that OAuth2 and OpenID Connect are gaining in popularity. It seems that all of our customers are in the process of rolling out OAuth2 and OpenID Connect, or are thinking about it. But how can these newer protocols play nicely in your enterprise if you already have a SAML2 or WS-Federation infrastructure? The answer is an identity broker (also known as a federation proxy). ...
