As the healthcare industry undergoes its own digital transformation, security is more important than ever. Okta's Nick Fisher says a zero trust model can keep hospitals and patients healthy when it comes to protecting their data.
What are some of the moves that organizations can make to improve their identity and access management? Veda Sankepally, an IT security manager at managed care company Molina Healthcare, describes critical steps in this case study interview.
An overwhelming 92% of businesses are experiencing identity challenges, from lack of resources to lack of security experience. The biggest challenge? Balancing ease of use for employees with increased security for the business. These two goals are critical, yet always at odds. How can IT securely manage users - their...
IT and security professionals are juggling more responsibilities than ever before. Whether it's network maintenance or managing and securing employee identities - maximizing security and productivity with IAM solutions is essential. Especially when organizations may not have the resources they need.
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Today's business environment is anything but simple. The always-connected and on-the-go workforce is demanding more flexibility in working whenever, wherever, and on any device. In short, organizations are constantly faced with managing and connecting more devices, applications, networks, and users. It's no wonder...
Monzo, a U.K. mobile-only bank that plans to expand into the U.S., alerted about 480,000 customers to change their PINs this week after the company's security team found that a software bug meant some numbers were stored unencrypted in plaintext.
Mergers and acquisitions, along with cloud adoption, are rapidly changing the pharmaceutical industry. Sandy Dalal of Allergan talks about how Okta identity and access management brings security stability and supports a zero trust framework.
The promise of an integrated identity and risk platform that continuously monitors a myriad of suspicious activities across channels and applications, and dynamically orchestrates authentication and authorization actions has been around for over a decade. Many organizations and technology vendors have attempted to...
A massive botnet attack earlier this year utilized more than 400,000 connected devices over the course of 13 days, according to researchers at the security firm Imperva.
Many organizations use Active Directory as their domain network management tool of choice. But security experts warn that without locking down and regularly auditing AD, the ease of use that it provides to network administrators can also be tapped by hackers. Start here for essential defenses.
Warning: Attackers are abusing poorly secured and managed implementations of Microsoft Windows Active Directory to hack organizations and distribute ransomware. Fewer old operating systems and greater Active Directory security knowledge are helping mitigate the threat. But experts say more must be done.
Ensuring your employees have the right level of access to their work, and nothing more has never been easy. It's even more challenging now for IT to ensure that a user is who they say they are with users bringing more apps, devices, and networks into the workplace. Combining access and authentication solutions to one...
A major misconception about cloud IAM is that it's easy to implement, says Mark Perry, CTO for APAC at Ping Identity. Implementation poses challenges, and cloud IAM must be carefully integrated with other systems, he says.
Misconfigured file storage technologies and a lack of basic security controls are the root causes for the inadvertent online exposure of 2.3 billion files worldwide that contain personal information, including sensitive medical data, says Harrison Van Riper, a security researcher at Digital Shadows.
More often than not, technical aspects of data breaches are the centerpiece of any response - but its actually the non-technical aspects that are even more threatening and usually overlooked. Powerful tools such as identity are critical in bolstering your defenses - and the untapped market potential is consistently...
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