Our latest LinkedIn poll on September 27th was focused on understanding the role and impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technology on the general identity and access management industry.
Security starts when authentication ends. It's a line I have used a few times over the years as it is one I actually quite believe in. In an era where firewalls are derided as being pretty toothless in the fight against omnipresent complex cyber attacks - and the concept of trusted networks quite rightly become obsolete in the world of "zero trust" - it always seemed odd to me, to put such a large emphasis on stringent authentication services. Clearly authentication is hugely important don't misunderstand, but my point really was that authentication (even with a strong MFA component) becomes less relevant if a) it is not continuous and b) not part of a more holistic approach focused on the access control of services, data and APIs.
A long read post investigating the evolution of decoupled authorization platforms - including use case and capability analysis and brief vendor review including Axiomatics, PlainID, Styra and Scaled Access.
Vendor introduction report covering oort.io - an emerging vendor in the Identity Threat Detection and Response sector.
A review of authorization related features added to Microsoft Azure Platform between 2019-2022.
Do we need a "Chief Identity Officer"? What might drive the need for this and can existing business operating models satisfy the need for identity centric metrics?
Some items that have hit The Cyber Hut intelligence inboxes this week. State of Passwordless Authentication 2022 HYPR HYPR, a provider of passwordless authentication, recently released their updated passwordless authentication report (sign up required). The commissioned report focuses on describing the weaknesses associated with existing authentication components. The basic username and password is under increasing […]
An independent vendor assessment of Scaled Access, covering Company Key Facts, Funding, Case Studies, Technology Key Facts, Technology Review and Strengths Analysis.
An independent vendor assessment of PlainID, covering Company Key Facts, Funding, Case Studies, Technology Key Facts, Technology Review and Strengths Analysis.
Note the subtle play on words there? Is cyber security a huge mess of complexity or are we heading for a huge opportunity to integrate and manage disparate technology via an adaptive mesh? The concept of a cyber security mesh seems to have emerged from the lips (or pages) of Gartner – perhaps as early […]