Today we try to safeguard our digital identity as much as our wallet and its contents. Our personal digital identity authorizes us to go about our day-to-day—logging into our bank account to pay bills, checking our Facebook page for notifications or scheduling an UberEats delivery for dinner —but then there is our professional digital identity. This version of us authentica...
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Meet SailPoint customer, Euroclear. Euroclear is one of the leading providers of settlement and related security services for cross-border transactions. They set out looking for an identity solution that would align with their zero-trust initiative. They needed a solution that would not only help them meet their immediate certification goals but would improve their overall ...
Working from home means different things to different people. Almost by all, it’s considered a privilege made possible by technology. For some, it’s considered to be a bit of a challenge (at times) if you also have family members working from home or children (in my case, a five-month-old puppy). And for everyone, it’s considered a Pandora’s box for cybersecurity. Pandora’...
One of the things I run into a lot when talking with customers and prospects is this notion that identity governance is a project, a point-in-time initiative that fits in between a whole host of other IT priorities meant to support and match the velocity of the business. But let me be clear: identity governance is not and should not be considered a project. It’s a business...
This year the pivot to virtual work happened practically overnight. It was unprecedented and it was mandatory. It was also enlightening. Join our CEO Mark McClain and CRO Matt Mills as they discuss how the past few months have revealed the critical role identity plays in securing your digital business. Watch the full talk here, including a discussion with a SailPoint custom...
Raise your hand if you’ve heard one of these phrases recently, nodded your head and thought – “yup, that’s ‘good enough’ for my identity management needs right there.” You’re covered if you have access management. Provisioning is simple, we can do that. With MFA, you’re protected. You don’t need governance, that’s just an audit thing. Well, I hate to be the bearer of b...
The impacts of COVID-19 on business operations and the economy is complex and continuing to evolve. To better understand what we are facing today, we will first look at a few principles and trends from the 1950s and how they are forcing organizations to rethink their operations. We will dive into some of the potential short- and long-term impacts on consumers and the import...
I often catch articles in my newsfeed that are supposedly about identity governance, but upon reading the fine print, they invariably wind up being about access management. These articles are all missing the bigger picture – access management is essentially the ‘badge reader’ of identity, the granting of access to the proverbial building. But access is just the beginning, a...
In my last blog post, I discussed the importance of identity governance today as ‘business essential.’ In the last few months, this has become abundantly clear for companies of all sizes, across all industries, and all over the world. The quick pivot to a virtual workforce that many companies experienced in light of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates how and why identity is...
In my line of work, I talk to a lot of people at companies of different sizes and industries. The vast majority of those people are charging down their digital transformation path with varying degrees of success and maturity. Some started early and are years into the process with most, if not all, of their business now housed in the cloud. Others took a more conservative ap...