Open Factor Analysis of Information Risk (Open FAIR) from the Open Group is the industry standard for quantitative risk assessment, and the first successful methodology of this kind. Open FAIR consists of a Risk Taxonomy Technical Standard … Continue reading
Active Directory Security Risk Factors and What to Do About Them (Part 2)
Active Directory security threats are increasing per part 1 of this post, and organizations must deploy an array of preventative, procedural, and detection controls to avoid becoming one of the next victims.
The AD protection matrix above depicts a… Continue reading
Active Directory Security Risk Factors and What to Do About Them (Part 1)
Active Directory security is a critical infrastructure issue for almost all large global organizations, including those using identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) solutions. IDaaS deployments frequently synchronize cloud-based directory accounts or passwords from the premise-based AD installation. Or, even if the IDaaS (e.g.,… Continue reading
Announcing New Partner, Webinar, and Going to IdentiVerse
In June doings for Security Architects Partners – it’s a busy month! We’re excited for Identiverse where I’ll be attending in my role of free lance KuppingerCole analyst. The figure below says it all; contact us if you’d like… Continue reading
IAM Funding Drivers Survey: Initial Results
Security Architects Partners is circulating an IAM Top 5 Funding Drivers Survey. Note that it is still open and you’re welcome to add your response. Our goal is to eventually get enough responses to be able to slice and dice… Continue reading
GDPR Unsubscribe Notice
This blog uses a service called Mailchimp to mail copies of new posts to persons that have previously subscribed to receive them. To be able to do this, Mailchimp stores a copy of the subscribers’ names and email addresses … Continue reading
FIDO2 Moves Forward with Passwordless Authentication
FIDO, Finally, Almost: Passwordless authentication is now becoming a possible dream, thanks to the ongoing standards work at the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance and the collaboration between competitors, such as Microsoft and Google.
Sources: RSA Conference 2018 (upper figure),… Continue reading
May Calendar: Richmond IAM Users Group, DC FAIR Chapter, and European Identity Conference
April showers, May flowers. A busy April is drawing to a close. We are back from RSA, and left one post so far on the KuppingerCole web site. Another is expected soon on “Passwordless Authentication? FIDO, Finally, Almost…”
April Calendar: RSA Conference, IAM User Groups, and More!
Philadelphia IAM User Group April 12 (More info here)
Dan Blum will be speaking on “Discovering and Claiming Your Top IAM Funding Drivers.“
Pete Hazen, Director of IT Security & Risk at Radian Group, will… Continue reading
Microsoft Uplevels Data Protection With Azure Information Classification and Labeling Features
In our KuppingerCole report “Exploring the Microsoft Azure Information Protection Landscape” (subscription required) we describe Microsoft’s Azure Information Protection and it’s industry impact.
Azure Information Protection Summary
Clients’ data protection challenges span multiple technologies, including data leakage… Continue reading