The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is updating its Cybersecurity Framework, as we reported in a previous post. Designed to provide a “prioritized, flexible, repeatable, performance-based and cost-effective approach” to managing cybersecurity, the framework has seen broad adoption by organizations worldwide. NIST issued a draft of version 2.0 in January 2017, incorporating feedback received since the original...

In our last post we discussed the growing need for customer identity and access management (CIAM) solutions. Like identity and access management (IAM), CIAM has to do with the registration and authentication of users so they can gain secure access to online resources. However, CIAM is also about the aggregation and synchronization of customer data across sales, marketing, and...

Each of us has multiple identities — personal, consumer, business-related, etc. To his family, a man might simply be “Sam,” but to his employer, Sam is a complex array of user IDs, passwords, and access privileges. Identity and access management (IAM) provides a disciplined approach for the creation, maintenance, and use of those digital identities. It integrates business processes...

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Organizations are facing a “triple threat” when it comes to cybersecurity. Growing numbers of vulnerabilities and increasingly sophisticated attacks have made cybersecurity breaches virtually inevitable. However, many organizations lack the skilled personnel needed to combat these attacks, and open positions for security specialists tend to go unfilled due to the limited number of professionals in the marketplace. As a...

In our last post, we discussed how so-called “aftershock” attacks are driving the need for multifactor authentication (MFA). Because most users rely on a handful of slightly varied passwords to access multiple sites and accounts, cybercriminals often use stolen passwords in hacking attempts. MFA adds an extra layer of protection by requiring more than a password for authentication. Traditionally,...

Aftershocks, in geological terms, often occur in the vicinity of an earthquake; they can happen weeks, months, or even years after the original seismic event. Security experts warn that high-profile data breaches can also produce aftershocks, and multifactor authentication (MFA) is the best defense against these attacks. Aftershock attacks occur when hackers use credentials obtained in previous data breaches...

The continued adoption of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions and other cloud-based services has blurred the concept of the network perimeter. At the same time, organizations have become increasingly dependent on partners who span supply chains, brokers, and other networks. These distributed computing models have created new challenges for identity and access management (IAM) solutions, which provide a framework for managing...

According to Gartner’s “Survey Analysis: Trends in End-User Security Spending, 2017,” organizations are increasing their cybersecurity budgets due to fears of data breaches and related business risks. Regulatory compliance is also a top concern that’s driving security spending. Organizations face significant financial penalties if they fail to meet increasingly strict regulatory requirements for data security and privacy. The 2016...

Ever-increasing numbers of users, both inside and outside organizations, need convenient access to corporate IT resources that exist both on-premises and in the cloud. The result is a porous network perimeter that relies heavily on user authentication to prevent unauthorized access. However, many organizations are finding that their identity and access management (IAM) platforms are inadequate. Growing security threats...