This article was originally published by BeyondTrust. You can view the article here. In any corporate environment, every worker needs access to multiple systems from day one (Active Directory, Okta, HR applications, Salesforce, finance tools—the list goes on and on). Those already numerous accounts—and privileges—then accumulate over time (privilege creep) as that employee changes roles…
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NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 – What’s New & What You Need to Know
This article was originally published by BeyondTrust. You can view the article here. Last week, NIST released Version 2.0 of the widely used Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), its landmark guidance document for reducing cybersecurity risk. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 has emerged not just as an update, but also as a transformative approach to securing digital assets and…
Why You Must Protect Your Digital Identity at All Costs
Identities are under attack from all sides. The risk surface is increasing exponentially, and threat actors are endlessly inventing more sophisticated and nefarious means for identity-based attacks. At the same time, digital identities are becoming more complex. Each identity can—and does—have multiple accounts, credentials, entitlements, rights, and privileges. While some accounts may be more secure…
Best Practice: Enabling Visibility as Part of Cloud Infrastructure Entitlements Management (CIEM)
Today’s modern enterprises rely heavily on cloud infrastructure, and permissions are essentially the backbone of access to cloud based resources. To effectively manage entitlements – access to your organization’s resources such as sensitive data and mission critical assets – the core proficiencies you need are: access to an inventory of all your cloud identities and…
Beyond Best Practices TWG Brings New Insights and Also… Sharks?
As we celebrate the first-ever Identity Management Day, I had a chance to reflect on the Beyond Best Practices Technical Working Group’s contributions over the past year, and one word came to mind: Creativity. It’s the one skill that underpins nearly every successful identity management team. Whether it’s finding a way to glue together the Active…
Identity Management Day: What Sharks and Your Identity Program Have in Common
Legend has it that in 1988 the idea for Shark Week was hatched over a round of drinks and documented on the back of a napkin as an awesome (and fun) way to capture more viewers. Seems like it worked: Discovery Channel viewers doubled after the very first Shark Week. Fast forward to 2021, and…
