Abha Sharma

By demonstrating expertise in providing support in IAM Solutions Integration, IT Security Strategy and Client Relations Management, Abha has been instrumental in growth of Avancer. She has been successful in developing new clients and has been responsible for team development in IT Security space at Avancer. Abha Sharma is Certified Oracle Identity administration and Analytics Sales Specialist at Avancer Corporation and has about two decades of experience in IT Sales and Operations. At Avancer Abha is responsible for identifying, qualifying and closing new business in Avancer’s security solutions practice with focus on Access Management, Identity Governance, Privileged Access Management, Cloud Based Identity Management and tools for mobile security. She specializes in Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Security Information Management (SIM, SIEM), Presales Technical Management, Oracle Fusion Middleware (SOA), Web Technologies and Business Development. Before associating with Avancer, Abha has worked with fortune 500 companies. She has worked closely with a number of clients to plan and develop IAM integration strategies. She has been actively involved in IAM productized offerings that includes Assessments, GAP Analysis and Upgrades.

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Mar2018

Is your EMR system automated in true sense?

Impactful healthcare/hospital workflows depend on swift functioning of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Systems such as EPIC, Cerner, Kronos, and other systems. These applications are created to bring ease in management of health records. However, many healthcare clients have shared challenges in managing identities and streamline accesses on EMR Systems. The source ... Read More
March 21, 2018Abha Sharma
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Jan2018

Hybrid Challenges – Unifying Identities in Hybrid IAM

I had an amazing discussion on my thoughts shared on Hybrid IT with few of you. One important challenge that was identified was unifying identities in a Hybrid setup. No doubt, identities drive IT processes in an enterprise setup, unification of identities thus becomes an important aspect of IT processes. ... Read More
January 16, 2018Abha Sharma
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Dec2017

Hybrid Challenges – Achieving Cost Benefit in Hybrid IdM

I will pick up from the point where I left – Is Hybrid a problem or an opportunity? The takeaway for me – Hybrid IT will continue to be there for at-least next few years until we have standards, best practices and lessons learnt. For sure, managing Hybrid Eco-System is a ... Read More
December 5, 2017Abha Sharma
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Nov2017

What’s making Hackers surpass SSH Keys?

And how to fix that… Lack of control over SSH Keys is making hackers surpass Secure Shell security layer. The SSH Trick is when hackers use SSH Keys to log into servers. Most organizations are inadequately prepared for detecting a misuse of SSH keys. The trick is predominant, I realized ... Read More
November 22, 2017Abha Sharma
Hybrid Challenges – Aligning Enterprise IAM Processes

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Nov2017

Hybrid Challenges – Aligning Enterprise IAM Processes

Hybrid IT is the talk of the town – Cloud and On-Premises are coexisting and are being monitored, managed and utilized parallelly. The market is moving towards an era where technical transformation will be driven through a Hybrid approach. To harness this transformation, enterprises are required to manage multiple applications ... Read More
November 13, 2017Abha Sharma
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Jun2017

Bringing IAM Insights in Healthcare Big Data

With the introduction of innovation in technology, a range of security layers rightly get integrated in IT Systems. As conventional security systems cannot address today’s dangerous threat landscape alone – introduction of network forensics and big data analytics is made to capture, process and analyze any security loophole. Furthermore, experts ... Read More
June 28, 2017Abha Sharma
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Nov2016

Why hiring full time IAM talent may not be the right idea

It has been increasingly observed that companies are moving towards managing their IAM projects in-house, rather than engaging an outside vendor. Although, the step has its own merits, starting with gaining greater control over project delivery and saving cost in the short-run, for a long-term perspective, such a move could ... Read More
November 23, 2016Abha Sharma
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Jul2016

Secure your Patient Management System with IAM

While patient management system is an integral part of providing efficient healthcare services, data protection laws make it mandatory to provide reasonable safeguards to protect patient information from inappropriate use or disclosure. With the growing number of apps, along with volumes of data to manage, healthcare providers are swamped with ... Read More
July 27, 2016Abha Sharma
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Jan2016

Creating Internet of Everything (IoE) – Secured

The world is accelerating towards embracing smart devices. We are in midst of a lifestyle revolution where each device has its own identity and it interacts with a range of interconnected devices. Name a task and a smart device to conduct that task will surface. Each of such devices collect ... Read More
January 25, 2016Abha Sharma