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Avancer Corporation is a systems integrator focusing on State of Art Identity and Access Management technology. With over a decade of experience of integrating IAM solutions for world’s leading corporations we bring you some insights through our articles on Avancer Corporation’s Official Blog

Maximizing application security by leveraging SAST and DAST

10/06/2023

Share This Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Email With the business landscape becoming more interconnected, and software development increasingly relying on third-party and open-source components, importance of application security testing is also gaining prominence. Further, cloud adoption has multiplied potential vulnerabilities, making applications prime targets for hackers, increasing overall risks. Thus, to achieve a robust security posture, a multi-faceted approach to application security is much needed. Testing methods, Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), offer unique benefits, collectively ensuring comprehensive protection against a wide range of vulnerabilities. At Avancer, we harness the power of SAST and DAST as a part of our comprehensive strategy to identify, mitigate and manage ... Read More

Significance of IAM in cloud governance

10/06/2023

Share This Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Email According to Gartner, global expenditure by end-users on public cloud services is expected to increase by 21.7 per cent, reaching a total of USD 597.3 billion in 2023, compared to the USD 491 billion recorded in 2022 . Further, Gartner indicates that 75 per cent of organizations by 2026 will embrace a digital transformation approach based on cloud as its core foundational platform. Such trends will further drive the growth in the Cloud Management and Security Services segment, reaching USD 42.4 billion in 2023, up from USD 34.4 billion in 2022. As indicated by the above figures, with organizations increasingly adopting cloud computing, the complexity of managing ... Read More

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Secure your identity with Zero Trust access management

04/27/2023

Share This Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Email Your browser does not support theaudio element. Due to rapid digitalization and a widespread remote and hybrid workforce, companies are also witnessing varied and alarming identity security challenges, resulting into compromising data, breaches, financial damage, and reputational loss, among other issues. However, experts believe extending the Zero Trust model to the IT security ecosystem could enable enterprises to protect their data and keep their networks secure. The access management architecture of Zero Trust means that any and every attempt to enter into a system is being treated as untrusted. This can be an untrusted device, untrusted user or untrusted network, among others. Any access is denied or disallowed ... Read More

Current Top Trends in Identity and Access Management (IAM) in 2023

04/17/2023

The world in the post-COVID pandemic era has witnessed a rapid expansion of remote work, adoption of the cloud environment and stringent data privacy requirements while combating the ever-growing menace of cyberattacks. These challenges, combined with the need to provide secure digital transformation initiatives, are undoubtedly shaping varied identity and access management (IAM) trends currently, which will have far-reaching impacts in the next few years as well. Along with securing business-critical data, IAM leaders also need to be cognizant of improving governance, strengthening privileged access management practices for preventing data breaches, creating agile yet robust authentication and authorization protocols, and focusing on consumer IAM for fraud prevention and privacy protection. Let us take a look at some of the current ... Read More

How AI drives the efficiency of IAM solutions?

09/21/2022

Despite being a necessity for identity security, IAM solutions also come with a number of challenges that include application distribution, fragmented workforce, issues with passwords, and many others. Further, increasing numbers of identities, data, and cybercrime have been overwhelming the traditional IAM systems, which have manual processes and rely on static data. Such systems have been creating operational blind spots, security loopholes, and inconsistent user experiences. In recent times, the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has been of help and made IAM solutions far more effective. We are deep diving into how AI can help significantly improve the efficiency of IAM solutions. Agile Zero-trust authentication and authorization process Zero-trust approach provides an environment of continuous verification, and this has been gaining ... Read More

Cloud Governance: Who has access & what are they doing with it?

09/19/2022

Your browser does not support theaudio element. Access to the cloud for running business and managing applications has made life easier for organizations. Undoubtedly, the exceptionally convenient cloud environment helps you identify the data security risks and safely vault the confidential data. Cloud governance is adopted, managed, and regulated to enhance data security to address technical glitches or malicious attacks through identity and access management. Keeping a check on identity-based security issues is a basic IT & cybersecurity hygiene Avancer Corporation, the multi-system integrator and pure play IAM consulting service provider, has built identity bridge to secure confidential data. Besides, the user information, multiple user accounts, and sensitive information are evaluated and then securely stored through cloud governance policies. Identity bridge is ... Read More

Why companies need Identity Governance?

07/07/2022

Share This Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Email Your browser does not support theaudio element. Identity governance has become a critical feature to help organizations minimize identity-related vulnerabilities, strengthen their security posture and meet various regulatory compliances in a seamless manner, in the post-COVID-19 world.The modern pandemic-era disrupted the business ecosystem drastically, with enterprises scouting for immediate digital transformation to accommodate the new normal of remote working. This provided an ‘appropriate’ moment for hackers and people with malicious intent to target vulnerable systems and networks, causing large-scale data breaches, ransomware and malware attacks. Enterprises, especially with minimal or inadequate identity governance systems, became easy targets for cyber criminals. Identity governance has, therefore, become a critical feature ... Read More

Onboard multiple AD application in SailPoint

08/16/2021

Share This Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Email Your browser does not support theaudio element. To create holistic identity governance, it is imperative to select appropriate systems and sequence for onboarding and deploying SailPoint products with multiple Active DirectoriesThe key to the management of identities, an agile Active Directory (AD) acts as a map between names and values. In comparison to native tools, it is easier and faster for addressing the auditing and security needs of an enterprise, along with ensuring workflow streamlining, providing business continuity and optimizing IT capabilities. In fact, the core to office automation is to provide a repository of directories that identifies all resources within a network and connects them to ... Read More

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How Access re-Certification helps companies to manage risks and be compliant?

08/13/2021

Share This Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Email Your browser does not support theaudio element. To meet numerous policies, regulations, and maintain the privacy and integrity of enterprise information and identities, it is essential to keep a check on the access rights and privileges provided to the users.While a provisioning system enables enterprises to add, modify and delete user accounts on various business applications, it is also imperative for organizations to implement access parameters as per the business requirement. However, the challenge is to select the right access conditions and ensuring that employees are given only the appropriate amount of access to conduct their work. As the provisioning system is based on certain configurations and ... Read More

Industry Regulatory Compliances in Financial and Healthcare that Require IAM Solutions

08/04/2021

Share This Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Email Your browser does not support theaudio element. As IAM solutions emphasize the importance of its role in helping financial services and healthcare organizations meet compliance requirements, it is imperative to take a closer look at each one of them and how they can be addressed at different levels.Regulatory compliances and IAM technology go hand-in-hand, as they focus on the same two entities—user and data. At a high level, it includes user’s actions around data, users’ accountability, user’s privacy and data protection. While IAM implementation is often believed to be a high expense task for organizations, it is also pegged as an investment—that too a smart one! How? ... Read More

Seven must-follow tips to reduce security breach cost

07/08/2021

Share This Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Email Your browser does not support theaudio element. As breach of user data or identity data is the most crucial data breach for any organization, it is essential to reduce breach and prevent unauthorized access to such data with the implementation of various IAM solutions.The current pandemic situation escalated ransomware and phishing scams, with cybercriminals taking advantage of insecure systems and networks, impacting both large and small businesses. In fact, the average cost of a data breach during the pandemic witnessed an increase to reach USD 21,659 per incident, with most incidents ranging from USD 826 to USD 653,587, according to a report by Verizon. Notably, almost 5 ... Read More

How factory model helps to onboard large number of apps in a scalable and faster manner?

07/08/2021

Share This Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Email Your browser does not support theaudio element. Leveraging the factory model approach to on-boarding multiple apps could ensure successful integration of applications within a proven and repeatable framework. Enterprises are increasingly facing application integration challenges with dynamic changes in their business requirements and IT ecosystem. With organizations focusing on implementing diverse applications for their varied needs, they are also prioritizing faster turn-around time and efficient integration systems. The challenge is to create an agile app onboarding process while maintaining the essential security posture, especially while integrating a large number of apps. Leveraging the factory model approach to onboarding multiple apps could ensure the successful integration of ... Read More