Most fraud on the Internet is linked to unsecured identities, which is why a new global identification framework is needed, says Paul Simmonds, who heads a coalition working on a framework model.
As major cloud vendors, including Salesforce, integrate identity and access management features into their platforms, security professionals must size up the role that stand-alone IAM systems will play in the long run.
All businesses, regardless of industry, need to manage the exploding universe of identities, devices and data that employees require to do their jobs. And the growing use of mobile devices and cloud computing means risk management and compliance is extending beyond traditional enterprise boundaries. Add regulatory...
NIST awards a total of $7 million in grants to five organizations to develop and pilot reliable and easy-to-use identity credentials that could help build trust in online commerce and boost the economy.
To address the insider threat, Jeremy Walczak of Independent Health is using a privileged identity management system. Walczak and other experts offer detailed insights on mitigating emerging threats.
In the wake of Arbor Network's recent discovery of a new botnet that's brute-forcing passwords on WordPress sites, security experts, including Nick Levay of Bit9, recommend beefing up password security on web applications.
Over the past decade, the IT landscape has dramatically changed - the strategy of securing and controlling behind a firewall is no longer viable. With the rise in cloud services, mobile access, API access and social networking, users, applications and data are just as likely to reside outside the corporate network as...
This Forrester Research study examines six cases of the implementation of Identity and Access Management platforms, breaking down the benefits and costs associated with these implementations. While use cases for IAM platforms varied across these organizations, the benefits outweighed costs regardless of a focus on...
As organizations prepare to move critical workloads to the cloud, more stringent security and compliance requirements emerge. This report examines the strengths and shortcomings of existing cloud platform security technologies, and defines an approach to overcome these limitations and leverage existing technology to...
In the wake of the NSA leak by former systems administrator Edward Snowden, how can organizations limit the amount of data access offered to those managing IT systems? Former CIA CISO Robert Bigman explains.
Spend an hour with mobile security pioneer Malcolm Harkins, chief security and privacy officer at Intel, as he answers direct questions from attendees about how to get the most from your mobile security efforts.
Attendees had the opportunity to submit questions directly to Harkins. Among the topics he...
Having the right log and access management tools in place - and not all tools are used by all agencies at all times - doesn't mean that the proper authorities are alerted in a timely manner to activities that could jeopardize the nation's security.
At the outset of the BYOD trend, mobile security was about protecting devices. Today, mature organizations are focused more on protecting data and ensuring proper identity and access management.
In this exclusive session, a sequel to Mobile: Learn from Intel's CISO on Securing Employee-Owned Devices, Malcolm...
A key component of most information security strategies is robust identity and access management (IAM). So how can IT extend this same security to a mobile workforce with personalized, won't-use-anything-else smartphones and tablets?
It's time to extend the same controls you have on the desktop to mobile users....
Beyond mobile device and data security, what are the ID and access challenges facing security leaders - and how are cutting-edge organizations tackling them? CSOs Elayne Starkey and Malcolm Harkins share tips.
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