Google stored some passwords in plain text for fourteen years
In a blog post, Google disclosed that it recently discovered a bug that caused some portion of G Suite users to have their passwords stored in plain text. The bug Read more...
Author: Aidy
Identity and access manager subject matter expert
Goodbye Passwords: Hello Identity Management
As passwords are increasingly viewed as security liabilities, Identity Management solutions are picking up the slack. Keeping track of user names and passwords sounds easy, but it is not. In Read more...
New Azure AD identity governance preview – entitlement management
Now Azure AD enables you to govern employee and business partner access to resources at enterprise scale with great compliance and auditing controls. Azure AD entitlement management removes barriers to Read more...
Google is Simplifying identity and access management for employees, partners, and customers
Identity and access management (IAM) is a cornerstone of the modern enterprise, helping you manage and secure employee, customer, and other identities, and their access to apps and data, both Read more...
The Comprehensive Enterprise Identity Solution Questionnaire
Cybersecurity—identity and access management in particular—should not begin with thoughtless decisions. Before selecting an identity solution of any kind, you need to ask yourself essential questions about your security needs Read more...
How Biometric Authentication Capabilities Solve IAM Problems
Why should enterprises consider investing in and deploying biometric authentication capabilities? What IAM problems can biometric authentication capabilities solve? Moreover, can enterprises trust this new identity security technology in their Read more...
Rising complexities of provisioning identities has pushed ‘IGA’ to the fore
This is, in large part, because the complexity of business networks continues to escalate at a time when compliance mandates are intensifying. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to Read more...
How Customer Identity will be key to Enterprise Digital Success
When it comes to IT (Information Technology), the last decade has witnessed numerous developments, trends and hypes. And the newest hype and current buzz word today is ‘digital transformation’; used Read more...
Okta unveils tool to connect on-prem apps to cloud ID management
Okta announced a new product that brings its cloud-based identity management tools to on-premise environments. With Okta Access Gateway, enterprise customers can use the Okta Identity Cloud — which includes Read more...
Privileged people and powerful systems: balancing trust with Thycotic
A phone call comes through to the IT Helpdesk at 6:20 pm on a Friday afternoon. The sole remaining technician takes the call. It’s a frustrated manager in the Finance Read more...