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Can’t-miss sessions at Navigate 2024

If you’re joining us at Navigate this year, have you customized your agenda yet? This year’s event features over 100 keynote, breakout, and theater sessions, focused on the latest trends in identity security, product announcements, demos, and more. Industry experts will share tailored insights to help you achieve your identity security goals. Take a look at some of the bre...

Why are many businesses turning to third-party security partners?

Author: David Schwartz, SVP, Global Partners In 2023, 71% of organizations across various industries reported that their business feels the impact of the ongoing cybersecurity skills shortage. Many companies have been forced to scale back their cybersecurity programs as they struggle to find experienced candidates to fill vital positions—but even as they do so, threat acto...

How to get community-based developer support when building your unique identity security program

This summer, the SailPoint Developer Relations team attended DevRelCon in New York City. The technical community is an important audience for SailPoint, and we are dedicated to providing access to the tools and resources developers need to successfully extend SailPoint solutions for their unique and complex use cases. We also facilitate peer engagement so that idea sharing ...

Spotlight: SailPoint summer interns

This summer, SailPoint welcomed 22 stellar interns to our crew to learn all about securing enterprises through the lens of identity security. We are so grateful for their hard work and contributions, as well as all the SailPoint crew members who served as their mentors. Meet some of the interns who joined our cybersecurity team for the summer! Garrit Witters Cybersecurit...

Navigate 2024 agenda unveiled: Transform your identity security journey

Spoiler: The full agenda for SailPoint Navigate 2024 is now live! Identity is one of the most leveraged threat vectors for accessing applications and data—and it’s constantly evolving. What is an “identity”? What defines “access”? How do you manage and secure at speed and scale? None of these questions have simple answers. That is why identity security has to transform to...

New research: key trends in compliance, emergency access risks, and automation

Author: Eric Zimmerman, Product Marketing Manager While many organizations are shifting to a unified identity security approach to improve compliance and proactively mitigate risk, few companies have fully arrived. To help understand some of the most pressing governance, risk, and compliance challenges – especially those related to separation of duties, also called segreg...

Journey to the cloud: How SailPoint and SAP are helping enterprises secure access to critical SAP resources

Author: Jody Paterson, Sr. Director, Technology Alliances The development, implementation and maintenance of SAP applications ranks as one of the most critical and ongoing IT investments for today’s enterprises. SAP’s introduction of cloud-based S/4HANA as a replacement for on-premises SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) and the company’s expanded focus on cloud-based app...

How SailPoint makes an impact across the globe

At SailPoint, something that’s always been important to our crew members and leaders alike is making sure our culture is consistent across the globe. No matter what office our crew are in or what time zone they’re working from, our commitment to our 4 I Core Values remains the same. As a result, the SailPoint team has established a close knit environment, even as the compa...

Build a stronger identity security program by mitigating machine identity risk

Author: Alex Leemon, Director, Product Marketing Identity security has emerged as a fundamental pillar of enterprise information security. This shift has been driven by the growing recognition that identities, whether human or machine, are often the primary targets for cyber attackers. While human identities have long been a focus, securing machine identities—such as appli...

Why prioritize identity security in the modern enterprise?

Identity security is at the core of modern security today. With threats to applications and sensitive data greater than ever, how can enterprise security leaders establish a stronger, more resilient enterprise security program and keep their companies safe? SailPoint’s live virtual event, IdentityTV, featured expert insights on what’s driving the identity landscape today, a...