Privileged Account Management (PAM) is critically important to effective cybersecurity. If privileged account credentials are compromised, an attacker could gain virtually unfettered access to IT resources. However, many organizations remain lax in their PAM practices. Default administrator credentials are left unchanged, users share credentials, and users are granted full admin rights when they don’t really need them. Organizations that...

The critical first step in privileged account management (PAM) is to identify, consolidate, and lock down privileged credentials so only authorized users have access to them. However, this is only the first step. To be effective, PAM should include privileged session management as well as credential protection. Privileged session management is a security control involving the monitoring and recording...

Recently, one of the strictest data privacy laws ever enacted officially goes into effect. As organizations around the world review how they handle employee and customer information, many are finding that mobile devices present a significant risk for noncompliance. Officially implemented on May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is designed to standardize data security...

Organizations are recognizing the critical importance of effective privileged account management (PAM), but many remain in the early stages of implementing a PAM strategy. According to a 2017 Forrester report, just 17 percent of organizations have a mature approach to identity and access management (IAM). Those at lower IAM maturity levels are behind in their implementation of essential PAM...

Identity and access management (IAM) is often approached tactically, as a means of giving users access to resources while minimizing IT operational overhead. The threat mitigation and risk management aspects of IAM are not prioritized, leaving gaps in the organization’s security strategy. Cybersecurity spending, which IDC says will reach $81.7 billion this year, remains heavily weighted toward network security...

Organizations are increasing their use of self-service tools to streamline help desk operations. Most IT self-service tools focus on the automation of manual processes related to password resets and other common identity management tasks. Given that approximately 80 percent of all help desk calls are related to password resets, self-service reduces the strain on the help desk and the...

While data volumes have been increasing rapidly for many years, the Internet of Things (IoT) is accelerating that process. Billions of Internet-connected devices are collecting and generating data that can be used to optimize operations and create new business opportunities. That’s why the IoT is considered a key driver of digital transformation. The problem is that many organizations aren’t...