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Many people assume that there is some magic formula for success in identity. Is it having the right degree? Is it knowing the right people? Is it having a ”Particular set of skills?” Today on Mistaken Identity, Mike Kiser interviews three sets of people who are eminently unqualified at first glance. They’ve come from outside the expected backgrounds, the expected channels:...

Women in Identity Security: Kaylee Reardon, Inside Account Executive

If you’ve ever used a swiss army knife, you know it has many different functions. That’s like SailPoint’s Kaylee Reardon, inside account executive, strategic enterprise, she can do it all. With a background in non-profit and software industries, she honed her skills in sales, fundraising, recruiting, hiring, training, client relations, account management and event planning....

Three Ways to Improve Healthcare Compliance and Innovation with Identity Security

Authored by: Matthew Radcliffe Did you know there were more than 29 million healthcare records breached in 2020, and the second-leading cause of those breaches was unauthorized access?[1] If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that life can be unpredictable and sometimes we are forced to change — rapidly. So how does one of the most regulated industries embrace gro...

SailU: Launching Next Generation Identity Security Leaders

I’ve been thinking a good deal lately about Leila Janah’s quote: “talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not.” At SAIL, I’ve always been inspired by our organization-wide passion for people. Over the past year, I’ve been particularly excited by the ways SailPoint has broadened the opportunity for more by expanding our commitment to hiring the very best. We love ...

The Power to Prevent: How Access Risk Management Detects Threats Before They Develop

Authored by: Jody Paterson Now available within IdentityNow, SailPoint’s Access Risk Management enables organizations to get granular visibility into potential access risks within complex ERP systems such as SAP — even before access is approved and provisioned. One of the biggest challenges facing any enterprise is risk management, particularly managing risks associated w...

The Untold Risk of Automatic Remediation of Cloud Access

Authored by: Lori Robinson It’s inevitable that you will run across a situation where the cloud access configured in your environments is misconfigured or over provisioned. This is to be expected due to the high velocity, large volume, and wide variety of changes that are constantly taking place in cloud environments. Even with the most carefully crafted governance framewo...

Extensibility Made Easy with iPaaS Connectors

In the last decade, new innovative technologies have made our lives so much easier. Food arrives at our doorstep with the tap of a button. Alexa makes it easy for us to order anything we want by simply talking into a speaker. We can watch whatever movie or TV show, thanks to thousands of options on Netflix. At SailPoint, we’re taking the same approach of making our extensib...

Five Trends Driving Digital Transformation in the Insurance Industry

Digital transformation is revolutionizing the insurance industry. Automation of manual processes, digitization of paper forms and records, and decision support fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly becoming necessities rather than niceties. Here we explore five main reasons insurance providers must modernize to remain competitive. 1. Customer expectations have...

Leading by Example: The Trickle-Down Effect

“Leading by example” takes practice. It’s like muscle memory – when you repeat something over and over, it becomes second nature. As a business leader, I take this form of “exercise” very seriously. If I want my team to embrace a new way of thinking or to re-commit to an existing cultural value, I want, and need, to show them the way by living and breathing it myself. This...