A lot of the security issues that organizations face can be linked to employees. Whether it is abuse of systems or access credentials that have been compromised. People have always been the first line of defense in security. Organizations need to have a clear view over who has access to what in addition to the other security measures in place such as firewalls and applicati...
The Identity Blog
| Mike Kiser |
When I was seventeen, I played one of the greatest roles of my life: “Mark Jannell.” A younger student who we’ll call “Tim” (not his name, of course) had just started at my high school, and after knowing me for several weeks, asked my name. Amused that he had forgotten it, I vowed not to tell him. I stepped away from the lunch table for a few minutes, and as I headed back,...
Last year, on the day after April Fool’s Day, I wrote that I had heard the word “unprecedented” used daily. At that time, we were approximately half a month into lockdown, COVID-19 changed the world overnight, and we didn’t know how long the shutdown would last. And this was no “April Fool’s.” As I reflect a year later, “resilience” is now a routine part of our vernacular....
In today’s #WomeninIdentity feature, we have Linda Hernandez, who works on our Revenue Enablement team! Read her story below, and read more Women in Identity features here. Before we dive in, can you give us a little background about who you are and how you got to SailPoint? The journey to the “top” is never like you plan it to be. I experienced the coined term “identity ...
Meet SailPoint customer, the University of Victoria. They are a globally top ranked public research university. When it was time for them to replace their legacy Oracle tool, they looked for an identity solution that could handle their changing business needs. As is typical in higher education, the University of Victoria has a large number of users – 23,000 students and 6,0...
| Abby Payne |
On March 8, SailPoint celebrated International Women’s Day. This day of reflection, education and action brings the SailPoint Crew together annually to surface conversations that carry us forward year-round. As I reflect back on the conversations we had across SAIL, supporting women isn’t just a celebration or a one-day event – it’s a call to action, both personally and pro...
The financial services industry is tasked with securing critical applications and data, and as such, is held to the highest standards with regards to regulation and compliance. While this is good news for the general public, it can be challenging for these organizations as they struggle to mitigate risk while remaining agile. Orrstown Bank came to SailPoint for an Identity ...
Christine Whitlock, Product Manager at SailPoint, has been on our crew for 2.5 years, but her identity career began long before that. After graduating from The University of Texas Austin, she was still deciding what she wanted to do with her degree in management of information systems. Though she wasn’t in search of a job in identity, it found her by way of a consulting job...
In this Q&A, we speak with Richard Balducci, the chief information security officer at global medical device outsourcing manufacturer Integer Holdings Corporation. Based in Plano, TX, Integer has annual revenue of just over $1 billion and employs about 7,500 globally. In his role, Balducci is responsible for the strategic leadership of the company’s information security pr...
Just ask Stephenie Southard — there are as many career paths within the information security field as there are information security professionals. Southard began her career as an EDI Coordinator, then an IT security analyst at the Indiana Department of Corrections, working as an Department Chair in the educational arena, and finally as a CISO. Her career in information sec...