How Cybersecurity Teams Can Do More with Less Amid Budget Cuts and Layoffs
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant economic challenges, forcing many organizations to make tough decisions such as budget cuts and layoffs. As a result, security, compliance, risk, and identity management teams are being asked to do more with less. These groups are tasked with protecting …
The Worst Data Breaches in History & How You Can Prevent the Next Big Security Compromise
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In recent years, data breaches have become increasingly common, with organizations of all sizes and industries falling victim to cyber-attacks. These breaches not only compromise sensitive information but can also cause significant financial and reputational damage. The consequences of a data breach can be devastating, …
Automating User Access Reviews: A CISO’s Guide
In today’s rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape, automating user access reviews (UARs) has become a critical component of an organization’s security and compliance strategy. However, the traditional manual review process is time-consuming, error-prone, and costly, particularly for organizations with large and complex IT infrastructures. To address …
Benefits of Streamlining Access Recertification
Access recertification is a nightmare for any organization looking to fulfill SOX, HIPAA, ISO27001, GDPR, or PCI compliance. With expanding IT stacks, limited resources, and increased scrutiny—it’s more important than ever to increase internal security and build scalable, repeatable processes. For many organizations, the current …
Identity as the New Perimeter: The Importance of Regular User Access Reviews
Abhi Kumar
Written By: Abhi Kumar The term “identity as the new perimeter” refers to the notion that the traditional network perimeter, which was once the primary focus of security teams, is no longer an adequate means of protecting the sensitive data of an enterprise. The changing …
Automate your Customers Cyber Security Risk Assessments for Regulatory Compliance and Audits
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Managed Service Providers (MSP/MSSP) provide security services to customers. As part of the cybersecurity program, performing security risk assessments, identify security gaps and provide remediation to protect customer data and consumer privacy to meet regulatory compliance and security audits. MSPs Need SaaS based IT Assessment …
Manual User Access Reviews are Scary
Written By : Abhi Kumar It’s that time of year again—Halloween! And what could be more frightening than a manual user access review? User access review is an essential component of the access management process. It helps organizations meet compliance mandates for SOX, FFIEC, HIPAA …
See Yourself In Cyber: Phish On
Written By : Abhi Kumar October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Since 2004 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA), and the industry has come together to raise awareness about digital security and empower everyone to protect their personal data from digital forms …
Identity Governance and Service Accounts
Written By : Abhi Kumar WHAT ARE SERVICE ACCOUNTS? Service accounts are a special kind of non-human account that are often used with the intention of automating a wide variety of different system functions. They have their own unique set of permissions and privileges. Service …
Why it’s Time to Democratize User Access Reviews
Even for the most streamlined organizations, the process of collecting a list of users, roles, and permissions across all systems then correlating user identities to accounts, assigning reviews to managers or application owners, and resolving or remediating all violations is anything but easy. …
