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Defining Identity and Access Management

Multiple account repositories and the management of identities and entitlements across applications are commonplace in many organizations. Whether it is mitigating the threats legacy systems present in the securing of these accounts and identities or assigning credentials and entitlements appropriately, businesses...

The State of Patient Identity Management: 2019 Survey Results Report

As part of healthcare's digital transformation, payers and providers alike have rolled out patient portals and telemedicine platforms to increase access to care, improve patient participation and decrease healthcare administrative costs. How secure are these portals? What types of authentication protocols are used to...

Gartner Report: Vulnerability Management Via a Risk-Based Approach

A vulnerability is only as bad as the threat exploiting it and the impact on the organization. Security and risk management leaders should rate vulnerabilities on the basis of risk in order to improve vulnerability management program effectiveness. Gartner receives frequent inquiries from clients who are...

Use Cases for Attack Surface Manager

Attack Surface Manager (ASM) gives security teams unprecedented power to easily implement a cyber hygiene program to harden their networks against malicious lateral movement of cyberattackers. This paper provides an overview of common ways that Illusive's customers are using Attack Surface Manager, including...

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Face New Digital Challenges with Secure DevOps

System Administrators are no loner managing boxes sitting under their desks; Now, they're coding their infrastructure. The new digital users, enforced by the as-a-service business model, leave them facing critical challenges to manage and interconnect increasingly diverse systems, and to ensure scalability and...

Controlling & Managing Privileged Access: A Primer on Privileged Access Management

Effectively managing privileged accounts (sometimes called superuser accounts) is becoming more and more critical as security and compliance emerge as the driving forces behind most IT initiatives. Unfortunately, native tools and manual practices for privileged account management are proving to be inadequate...

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CISO's Guide to Compliance: Improve Security with PAM

With major data breaches in the news and high-stakes security regulations in effect - including GDPR and the NIS Directive - CISOs worldwide are scrambling to comply with IT standards and avoid hefty fines. Privileged Access Management (PAM) streamlines compliance and overlaps with the requirements of many...

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The Benefits of Privileged Access Management (PAM) in the Cloud

Companies are moving to the cloud in greater numbers than ever, targeting flexibility and access for their increasingly distributed workforces. But cloud migration of critical resources, even a portion for hybrid environments, presents serious security challenges and risks on many levels. The cloud is an attractive...

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Controlling Privileged Access: Key to Compliance with the NIS Directive

The NIS Directive, effective since May 2018, aims to standardize the security practices of Essential Services entities and their digital service providers to better defend against cyber attacks. Privileged Access Management (PAM) is a critical aspect of cyber defense, and responds to many of the NIS Directive's most...

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Industrial Control System Security and How PAM Can Help

What makes Industrial Control Systems (ICS) so vulnerable to cyber attack? How does this impact the wider enterprise? With IoT-connected equipment and remote management on the rise, security has never been so important. Privileged Access Management (PAM) secures and controls access to critical Industrial...

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GDPR & ISO 27001: Cross-Mapping PAM Requirements

Two heavyweight cybersecurity regulations, ISO 27001 and the more recent GDPR, are major concerns for CISOs and IT teams worldwide. Conveniently for CISOs and IT teams, however, the two standards have much in common. Here we offer a cross-mapping of the security requirements of each regulation, and how PAM can help...

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Forrester Report: Best Practices: Selecting, Deploying, And Managing Enterprise Password Managers

Despite increased use of two-factor authentication, single sign-on, and biometrics, passwords are still the most common form of authentication. However, when a significant percentage of breaches are caused by weak, stolen, or reused passwords, it's clear passwords pose significant risks that can't be ignored. From...

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Global Password Security Report

You know password management is important. But is your business failing to invest in this easy security and productivity win? In this Global Password Security Report, we're uncovering the true state of corporate password security around the world. We analyzed aggregated data from more than 43,000 businesses using...

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A Closer Look at Password Strength

Overall, Password Strength Scores follow the trends for Security Scores: As companies get bigger, on average their Password Strength Score goes down. For businesses with fewer than 25 employees, the average total Password Strength Score is 53. At more than 10,000 employees, the average score drops to...

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The State of Multi-factor Authentication

Multifactor authentication remains an industry best practice for preventing unauthorized account access. Our analysis this year found that, overall, 45% of businesses are using multifactor authentication. This is a significant increase from last year's 24.5%. Encouragingly, more businesses are augmenting account...