Identity and Access Management
I spent the last few years before joining ESG in the startup world. It was a great experience to see the inner workings of bringing a new product to market. I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. But, you spend your days and nights awash in your “market leading” technology ...
Last week may have been the all-time high-point for security management with McAfee’s acquisition of Nitro Security followed by IBM’s purchase of Q1 Labs. Why all of the activity? Security management requirements are rapidly changing, moving away from log filtering and compliance reporting to comprehensive situational ...
It seems amazing that we still read stories about IT admins run amok after they've been fired by their employers. Last week an ex-Gucci admin was charged with causing about $200,000 in damages by deleting data and disrupting IT services. Seriously, are we all collectively shaking our heads at this ...
I took a few days to comment on the RSA breach because I wanted to see what more I could learn about the details rather than speculate about what might be. But in the end, as far as what lessons the customer can take from this breach, the details don't ...
Spending three days in Las Vegas can be a dangerous thing. But, I can honestly say for the first time I didn't drop a single coin in a slot or sit at a card table. Quite frankly, I was busy getting a brain dump from IBM on its latest announcements ...
It's been a few days since RSA ended which has allowed the "clouds" to clear. In meeting with many of the vendors at this year's conference I noticed that a number of them have introduced appliance solutions for strong authentication and single sign on. Yes, most of these have a ...
Ok, first things first. The press and analysts were barred from the keynote speech by Bill Clinton on the last day of RSA. Someone explain to me why this makes sense? I know that they probably want to save seats for paying customers, but I was perfectly willing to stand. ...
Gotta love technology, I am writing this blog at 30,000 feet as fly back to Boston from the RSA Conference. All in all, it was a good week – attendance was up at RSA and there were real security professionals present, not just technology vendors. Here are ...
This time of year it's usually cloudy in San Francisco. But this year clouds seem to dominate more than just the weather. Case in point, RSA.
It's not surprising to see this theme. According to the recent ESG 2011 IT Spending Intentions Survey, cloud computing has emerged this year as a ...
Not to get all biblical with my blog title, but it does seem like I'm living out that proverb when I noted last week that the time seems right to start adding two-factor authentication to applications using our mobile devices. Google just announced today that it's adding "2-step verification" for ...
