Modern identity and access management

In the current rapidly-evolving world, protecting your company’s sensitive data and securing the network has become more important, and more difficult than ever. Reacting to new events with one-off point solutions and patches is no longer a viable option. The challenge we are facing is that the Internet has been using the same protocols and infrastructure for decades. Which means that 95% of today’s data and applications no longer fit with what the original Internet was designed for. And at the same time, the volume of data has increased many times in just the past decade, with much of that occurring during just the last couple of years driven by digital transformation...

In the modern world of cloud and devices, there are few things that we can control to keep the bad guys out. We can no longer rely on a physical perimeter, but we can put controls around identity information. That’s why identity-driven security is so vital. As companies transform all facets of their business, security is their top concern. This isn’t a surprise. The modern enterprise is under attack and the old perimeter-based approach to security just doesn’t work anymore. Credentials continue to be the top cause of security breach, so companies need to move beyond passwords. They need a single access control layer for all on-premises and cloud applications, and they need a way to govern and protect employee and customer data. The digital enterprise needs a modern identity and access management (IAM) platform...

Today, things like mobility, IoT, and cloud computing are requiring us to develop a new generation of security. Data and applications travel between a variety of users and devices and span multiple borderless networks, making visibility and control more difficult. Security needs to be able to dynamically scale and respond to shifting network resources. The majority of data no longer stays inside company networks where it can be protected by edge firewalls. Instead, network security needs to extend out to wherever the data is. And we also need to be able to see and secure all infrastructures and devices, whether virtual or physical, or even temporary, simultaneously, from endpoints to on-premise systems, and out to hybrid-cloud ecosystems...

Unstructured data, such as emails, presentations and videos, are created and used by employees and are potentially an organization’s greatest security vulnerability. Unstructured data comes in many standard formats, is often highly-sensitive and can easily be disclosed, intentionally or inadvertently, via the click of a mouse. This data is also highly mobile, living in and travelling between laptops and unsecured devices. Organizations face an increasing challenge to ensure that this data is protected and secure. In today’s interconnected world, the lines between the organization, its partners, suppliers, and the public domain are blurring. Business professionals cross these lines constantly, and they require real-time information access to conduct business with agility and efficiency...

We like to challenge the traditional view of a perimeter because today’s users -- with access to multiple devices and digital services -- have transcended that perimeter. Having said this, it does not fully define the cybersecurity problem facing the modern enterprise. First, the old perimeter is still in place, as many businesses continue to see the so-called private network perimeter as their primary battle line. In addition, businesses are increasingly relying on data that is transient and flows easily across boundaries. Adequately protecting the enterprise has become a very costly affair, leading many organizations to make serious compromises...