Identity Management, 9/11 & Remembrance in Action
by Syndicated here from a posting on the 20th anniversary on LinkedIn September 11th, 2021. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony… –The …
Category: CyberSecurity Landscape
The overall CyberSecurity landscape from a thought leadership perspective.
Can You Trust a Third-Party User? No, But You Can Manage Their Lifecycle Access
Syndicated here from a post on the CDW Research Hub published on March 21, 2024. Allowing third parties access to organizational systems means striking a …
Why Common IAM Solutions for Identity-based Attacks Aren’t Really Working
This article was released as a whitepaper for VeriClouds on May 2, 2020, co-authored with Stan Bounev, CEO at VeriClouds, to address common solutions that …
The End of the Password Is Not Near
Syndicated from Security Boulevard, published May 6, 2021. Let’s face it — everyone pretty much hates passwords. While many industry titans are making significant and …
Data Security & Identity Management: Essential 1st Cousins in IT Security
As a senior architect, sales engineer, and consultant out in the field working closely with senior IT security leaders and CISOs, I sometimes run into …
The Case for “Encrypt Everything”
Within the IT industry, when considering data-at-rest (DAR) encryption, you may have noticed recently that security experts seem a little divided on how to leverage …
History Demonstrates Strong Encryption Is Here To Stay
(Originally published on LinkedIn – January 13th, 2016) I am a firm believer that knowing the background and history of things provides a much better …
Two Years Later: Reflections from “The Breach”
President and CEO of Vormetric, Alan Kessler, blogged earlier this week concerning the far-reaching impacts of the Target breach – reflections from almost two years …
Data Is The New Gold: Getting Data Security Right in Retail
Traditional security has always been metaphorically tied to the medieval castle building of old: building thicker walls and drawbridges, creating multiple perimeters, raising larger armies, …