Enterprise identity and access management

Identity and access management tools are integral to maintaining data security in the enterprise. Here you'll find information on passwords, authentication and Web access control. Browse the identity management and access control topics below for the latest news, expert advice, learning tools and more.

April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21
Engineering firm mitigates ransomware attack with Nasuni

Ransomware got in through an exploit in an older version of SQL Server, but Dennis Group used Nasuni to restore its systems back to a pre-attack state with minimal data loss.
March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21
Jumio CEO discusses new $150 million funding round

Jumio CEO Robert Prigge talks about Jumio's new funding round and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Jumio's digital identity verification and fraud prevention business.
November 12, 2020 12 Nov'20
New Yugabyte release boosts distributed SQL database security

Yugabyte now has row-level geo-partitioning for its open source distributed SQL database, enhanced multi-region features and several new features to improve security.
August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20
Asigra Cloud Backup piles on extra layers of cyberdefense

As cybercriminals circumvent immutable backup by stealing admin credentials, Asigra 14.2 counters with Deep MFA, asking for permission whenever changes to backup policies are made.

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XACML (Extensible Access Control Markup Language)

XACML (Extensible Access Control Markup Language) is an attribute-based access control policy language (ABAC) or XML-based language, designed to express security policies and access requests to information. Continue Reading
History and evolution of zero trust security

Before the zero trust security model framework, there were trusted insiders and untrusted outsiders. Learn how zero trust evolved, including its impact on perimeter, cloud and mobile security. Continue Reading
meet-in-the-middle attack

Meet-in-the-middle is a known plaintext attack that can greatly reduce the number of brute-force permutations required to decrypt text that has been encrypted by more than one key. Continue Reading

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Guide to cloud security management and best practices

This cloud security guide explains the challenges facing enterprises today, best practices for securing and managing SaaS, IaaS and PaaS, and comparisons of cloud-native security tools. Continue Reading
Why it's SASE and zero trust, not SASE vs. zero trust

SASE and zero trust are hot infosec topics. But, when it comes to adoption, it's not a question of either/or, but using SASE to establish and enable zero-trust network access. Continue Reading
8 Reasons Identity and Access Management Is Important

Identity and access management tools and processes can provide organizations with numerous benefits: such as better data security, regulatory compliance and resource access. Continue Reading

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Evaluate cloud database security controls, best practices

If your company is using a cloud database provider, it's critical to stay on top of security. Review the security features offered by managed and traditional cloud storage services. Continue Reading
Tackle multi-cloud key management challenges with KMaaS

Cloud providers' tools for secrets management are not equipped to solve unique multi-cloud key management challenges. Learn how key management-as-a-service tools can fill the gaps. Continue Reading
Remote work fuels identity and access management market

Channel partners have an opportunity to help customers adopt and implement identity and access management programs across their organizations. Learn more about IAM offerings. Continue Reading

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6 dangers of shadow IT and how to avoid them

When employees use unapproved devices and software, they create information security vulnerabilities. Here's a look at some of those risks and how IT can prevent them. Continue Reading
hashing

Hashing is the process of transforming any given key or a string of characters into another value. Continue Reading
3 ways to balance biometric voter registration promise, concerns

Biometric voter registration systems could play a role in the future of election security, if developers and governments can address concerns about security and hacking. Continue Reading