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 […]
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By their very nature, IT network of educational/ academic institutions are used by a large number of transient users. One of the examples of a transient user is an aspiring student who fills up an application and use parent’s credit card to make the payment. Such details are stored in the institution’s system. Academic institutions […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
As the world struggles to contain the current coronavirus onslaught, cybercriminals are implementing creative social engineering methods for accessing networks, systems, and passwords. Capitalizing on the fear and uncertainty of the situation, cybercriminals are exploiting a human weakness to tempt users into conducting insecure online behavior, leading to detrimental consequences in the present scenario. Cybercriminals […]
The 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 […]
Irrespective of the industry you are catering to, Virtual Private Networks (VPN) are still used at large to meet the organizational IT ecosystem demands. These VPNs enable remote users to securely establish connection with the core IT infrastructure components, be it over on-prem setups or cloud infrastructure hosted with AWS or any other cloud provider. […]
Growing concerns of cybersecurity have left business owners in dilemma. 80% of organizations prioritize their privilege security and expressed how critical it is to maintain an isolated environment to ensure IT security. Protecting privileged assets and isolating environments within your IT security eco-system is still a tough task. Because, cyber attacks may occur anytime and ruin […]
With the world moving rapidly to digitization, the information collected and stored digitally is becoming vulnerable to cyber-attacks. As the cyber safety protocols and technologies including Identity and Access Management as well as Identity Governance are becoming advanced. They are stringently monitoring the information, and identities of enterprises from possible cyber-attacks. But the miscreants are […]
Salesforce has become the backbone of customer relationship management for businesses across virtually every industry. More than 150,000 organizations worldwide rely on the Salesforce platform to manage sales pipelines, automate marketing campaigns, deliver customer support, and drive operational efficiency. But deploying Salesforce is only the beginning. The real challenge, and the real opportunity, lies in […]
Swift functioning of IAM systems is imperative for workflow operations, regulatory compliance and security requirements. Information security professionals grapple with the challenge of keeping IT system running, and ensuring that IAM capabilities are aligned to serve the business needs. One also has to ensure just right dependence on centralization and de-centralization for extending permissions, certifications […]
Before we move ahead let me break the biggest myth of present times – Serverless Applications is servers on cloud and are to be managed by the cloud server providers. The term “Serverless” Applications gives an idea that administration of servers, which is one of the biggest headaches for IT teams, is not required. At […]
Every hospital runs on data. Patient records, clinical workflows, billing systems, care coordination tools – all of it flows through electronic medical records platforms that have become the operational backbone of modern healthcare. But behind every login, every access request, and every clinical transaction is an identity. And in most healthcare organizations, managing those identities […]
Are you facing challenges while managing identities on EPIC Systems in your organization? Typically, when an establishment relies too much on an application – strategic foresight in terms of aligning the application with business requirements needs to be just on the spot. Many healthcare establishments rely on EPIC Systems for the management of patient data, […]
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. Many a time, unifying identities […]
Technology is a disruptive game, we discover something new with each passing minute. Businesses are out in the race, they are ready to embrace technology to be closer to business goals, automation and achieve competitive advantage. However, this cannot ignore the security climate associated with new technologies. It is, therefore, important to study and visualize […]
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 challenge! I am assuming that most […]
Secure Shell (SSH) is the backbone of modern enterprise infrastructure. System administrators, DevOps engineers, cloud architects, and automated pipelines rely on the SSH protocol daily to manage Linux servers, deploy applications, transfer data, and connect cloud resources. SSH authentication is trusted because it replaces weak password-based access with cryptographic key pairs that are mathematically difficult […]