FedRAMP in the News: Getting a Handle on Cloud Procurement

Earlier this month, Federal CIO Steve VanRoekel officially launched FedRAMP – a program designed to provide a cost-effective, risk-based approach for the adoption and use of cloud services by U.S. government agencies. A major focus of FedRAMP is to establish a standardized approach for evaluating and approving cloud products and services across agencies. The government’s [...]

SCIM: The Right Standard at the Right Time

I’m excited to report that the Simple Cloud Identity Management (SCIM) working group has unanimously approved the SCIM 1.0 specification. SailPoint contributed heavily to both the working group process and the development of the spec. With this week’s big move forward, I wanted to share my thoughts on why SCIM is good for our enterprise [...]

Through the Looking Glass: IdM in 2012

I don’t know about you, but this is my favorite time of year. Beyond the hustle and bustle and joy of the holiday season, I enjoy this time of year in business because of what it means: a time to reflect on the previous year, the rush to close out year end deals, and a [...]

You Are Now Free to Move About the Cloud

Unless you’ve been on a remote desert island, it’s impossible to miss all the cloud hype saturating our industry. The cloud remains the buzzword du jour, and that phenomenon is not likely to change anytime soon. Once you get past the hype (both pro and con, to be fair), the cloud holds a lot of [...]

Feet on the Street: RSA Highlights Cloud and Cybersecurity

This week, several members of the SailPoint team made the annual trek to the industry’s biggest security event, the RSA Conference. As always, the conference was a high-paced mix of conference sessions, technology debates, and meetings with customers and partners. I’m always interested in what themes get the most play at RSA. This year, I’d [...]