The OAuth Standards Stack: An Architectural Perspective
The OAuth standards stack is racing to keep up with the growing inter-connectedness of cloud, IOT, social networks, e-commerce, individuals, and enterprises on today’s Internet. The menu of new standards options can seem bewildering – especially since some are still… Continue reading
Kansas City Here I Come
Sign up here for the next Kansas City IAM User Group gathering on November 8 at 3:00-5:00 PM to see our very own Dan Beckett and Doug Simmons speak at Lidia’s – an upscale northern Italian restaurant!
Meetup Announcement
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How to Build Security and Risk Management into Agile Environments
Agile security and risk management are possible. This post is the third of three covering agile security challenges, opportunities, and good practices. It also discusses the taxonomy and instrumentation required to operationalize an agile risk management framework down to the… Continue reading
Attributes are Beautiful Tour Coming to New York City
Register here to see us on October 12 at the New York IAM Users Group where Dan Blum will speak on the meme “attributes are beautiful.”
Don’t get us wrong, the architecture in the picture isn’t for everyone and… Continue reading
Speaking on Third Party Risk at the FAIR Institute Chicago Chapter Meeting
Dan Beckett and Dan Blum from Security Architects Partners will be speaking at the Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) Institute Chicago Chapter meeting.
When: Thursday, October 5, 2017, 3:30 – 5 PM CDT
Where: Northern… Continue reading
Asking the Right Privacy-By-Design Questions at #CIWUSA17
Privacy-by-Design technical and business process engineering important for solving business GDPR compliance challenges. But the privacy issues and enforcement questions around GDPR are pretty complex. How should companies begin?
The Consumer Identity World conference will be starting in just a… Continue reading
Risk Management in the Agile Environment
Agile risk management – is it even possible? This is our second of two posts ruminating on agility versus security. Today, you’ll see that an agile risk management framework like the one in the figure below is feasible, and that… Continue reading
Is Agile Security an Oxymoron?
Agile security has emerged as a core topic for us in two cutting edge consulting engagements over the past few months.
The first of these engagements is to help a very large client develop and mature an enterprise risk management… Continue reading
CIAM and the Changing Fate of Identity (Part 2)
Digital identity’s center of gravity has shifted to customer-facing identity (CIAM). As we learned in the changing face of identity (part 1 of this post), effective CIAM is crucial.
Subtle Threats
Ian Glazer, who inspired my last two posts… Continue reading
The Changing Face of Identity in 2017 (Part 1)
Digital identity is the core of the digital transformation. It underpins sales and distribution, enables outreach to customer communities, and helps build business value chains. But organizations must traverse a minefield of threats, operational challenges, and compliance issues. As we… Continue reading