Identity and Access Management News

NIST Guide Demonstrates How to Control Privileged Accounts

Over the past few months IdRamp has been working closely with The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to develop the National Institute of Standards (NIST) practice guide for Privileged Account Management. The guide will help improve security...

History of Identity Management Infographic

Idramp presents the future history of identity and access management. History of Identity and Access Management (text version) 1853 First Birth Certificates - Compulsory registration of births within the United Kingdom government originated as far back as 1853. The...

Electric Utilities Identity Management

Identity and access management design The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published an example solution architecture guide that electric utilities and enterprises can use to more securely and efficiently manage access to the networked devices...

40% of businesses experienced a security breach in the past year

Cyber Security Breaches Survey The 2018 Cyber Security Breaches Survey published by the UK Statistics Authority provides critical insight into the dire state of Cyber Security. As companies increase the amount of data retained they become priority attack targets....

Strengthening Cybersecurity Through Improved Identity and Access Management

Identity, and Access Management strategies The US Government is the largest employer in the United States with over 2.7 million employees using thousands of secure applications. Companies can gain valuable insight by learning about and participating in...

68% of data breaches take months or longer to discover

Data Breach Investigations The eleventh annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) provides valuable insight for the Identity and Access Management community. The research is based on analysis of over 50,000 real-world incidents, and over 2000 confirmed...

Mobile Blockchain Identity Management

Mobile Authentication Taskforce The evolution of blockchain is transforming every aspect of cyber security including mobile identity and access management. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon formed the Mobile Authentication Taskforce last year to protect...

Decentralized Identity Strategy

The Problem? Enterprises are recognizing that a centralized identity model is difficult to sustain. The number of digital identities and types of application relationships grow faster than what the enterprise can adequately respond to. The Solution =...

How to prevent the Uber hack?

Uber invested millions of dollars in security infrastructure designed to protect customer data but In October 2016, they experienced a massive data security incident. Hackers stole personal information from 57 million user accounts including email...

M&A Identity Integration & Modernization

Customer Challenge Modernize Identity management operations for a Global financial services portal supporting 800,000 customers, staff, and partners operating in 23 countries. The portal supports segmented integration with multiple identity sources including cloud,...