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4 Common Password Security Mistakes That Put Your Company at Risk
If you learned about a potential hazard in your office — let’s say a slippery floor — that threatened the well-being of your employees, you would act to address the issue immediately right? You put out a “CAUTION WET FLOOR” sign, and save the day… no one gets hurt… Yay! However, there are just as […]
How to Protect Administrative Access to Your Critical Systems
Administrative accounts are the #1 security vulnerability for corporate information systems. If access to these privileged accounts (domain admin, local admin, service accounts, etc.) is not properly secured and credentials fall into the wrong hands, bad actors can wreak havoc on your organization. And it’s not just external threats that you have to be weary […]
4 Steps You Can Take to Strengthen Your Information Systems Security
What is the single greatest point of vulnerability when it comes to information systems security? If you guessed “identity and access”, then you are correct! When you look at the largest security breaches over the past several years (Equifax, Yahoo, Target, Anthem, Uber, etc.), you will notice that they were all the result of stolen […]
Why Identity & Access Management is Important?
Identity & Accesses Management Is defined as policies, processes and technologies used for managing accesses to information systems, safeguarding digital data and tracking system activities. However, rise in data breach incidents and identity theft cases is expanding globally has forced the industry to redefine the growing field of identity management. The foremost importance of Identity […]
Identity Intelligence – An Overview
Literally about a hundred million of data has been stolen and exposed in the year 2018. Top Companies like Facebook, Under Armour, Exactis, Aadhar and many more has fallen prey to the hacking attacks. For any business data breach is obviously a disaster. Even in the latest Google survey it is found that 52% of […]
An overview of Windows Active Directory
Active Directory (AD) is a directory service that Microsoft developed for Windows domain networks and is included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services. An AD domain controller authenticates and authorizes all users and computers in a Windows domain type network—assigning and enforcing security policies for all computers and […]
The merits and demerits of Privileged Identity Management
Privileged Identity Management (PIM) is a domain within Identity Management focused on the special requirements of powerful accounts within the IT infrastructure of an enterprise. It is frequently used as an Information Security and governance tool to help companies in meeting compliance regulations and to prevent internal data breaches through the use of privileged accounts. […]
Signs of Falling Victim to Identity Theft
Identity is a crucial element of information security. Access controls are based on correctly identifying the users or devices that are allowed to view or use resources — and keeping everyone else out. For example, we are asked to “prove” our identities every time we board a plane, check into a hotel, make a purchase […]
The Year of the Hybrid Cloud
About a decade ago, prevailing IT traditions dictated that businesses use on-premises infrastructure for their enterprise applications. However, a paradigm shift has occurred with the emergence of IaaS and on-demand cloud providers such as AWS, etc. It has given birth to a new virtualization strategy that most businesses have been quick to adopt – use […]
Tracking Your EAaaS Payback Software Metrics
Although this series is about the payback of migrating to the cloud, not every aspect of moving to the cloud will save money standing alone. In certain situations, the software costs can be greater in the cloud. The main drivers of increased software costs in a cloud environment are the virtualization software and the service […]
Tracking Your EAaaS Payback Hardware Metrics
Although enterprise applications running on the public cloud are still in the early adopter phase, IT Executives are under pressure to develop a cloud strategy for their enterprise applications. It’s up to them to untangle the cloud “spaghetti” and comprehend the basic economics and capabilities. To effectively start tracking Cloud Payback, first examine the hardware […]
The Truth Behind The TCO
Why EAaaS is More Advantageous than Premises-Based Applications? If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you’re a business process or IT applications professional. Or you’re an innocent bystander interested in Enterprise Applications. Either way, you must be wondering how EAaaS (Enterprise Applications as a Service) can provide a better TCO than traditional infrastructure or private […]