The Right Way to Implement Risk Management: Mapping Compliance to Security Practices

Does addressing risk-based security decisions for your organization mean that you are also compliant in the eyes of the auditors? This is a general question Ericka Chickowski addresses in her recent article for Dark Reading – “Mapping Compliance Proof To Risk-Based Controls.” It is a compelling article that addresses a debate our industry has faced [...]

Like it or Not — BYOD is Here to Stay

Embrace BYOD or get left behind. That’s the reality that many companies now face, as the surge in the “bring-your-own-device” (BYOD) trend blurs the lines between personal and professional. Employees can now access applications and data from any device, at any time, from anywhere – a phenomenon that is gaining traction across all company sizes [...]

Navigated a Success!

Earlier this month, the SailPoint crew had the pleasure of spending quality time with more than 200 customers and partners from around the globe – with several traveling from as far away as Australia, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia and South Africa – at our inaugural customer conference, Navigate ’13. See highlights from the show: Navigate [...]

How Equifax Has Reduced Their Identity Management Risk

All of us deal with risk every day, we just don’t necessarily quantify it or categorize it in making our decisions. Do we jaywalk the red light on the corner, because there isn’t any oncoming traffic? Do we forgo coffee because we are running late for work? Do we not tell one of our coworkers [...]

How to Sell IAM to Your Executives and End Users at the Same Time

As readers of this blog well know, selling IAM solutions internally is not always a slam-dunk, and with six-plus figure price tags, these sales take time to win both upper management and then users in the trenches. Part of the trick is being able to sell up and down concurrently, by crafting your message carefully [...]

The Future of IAM According to Gartner’s Earl Perkins

Earl Perkins, the Gartner IAM analyst, spoke today at SailPoint’s Navigate conference about the future of the technology. He covered how businesses are evolving to take the best advantage of managing their identity collections. One item was his opinion on how some IAM projects fail because “IT tries to find a group to stick an [...]

Sun IdM Users – It’s Time to Make Your Move

During my recent travels in North America and Europe, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting with dozens of IT professionals about their most pressing IAM challenges. Without question, a common topic on many peoples’ minds is the looming end-of-life for Sun Identity Manager. I realize we’ve been talking about post-Sun plans for a while now, [...]

Market Pulse Survey: Cloud and Mobile Adoption Increases IT Security Risk

Check out any set of predictions about the IT industry in 2013, and chances are, you’ll find yourself reading that adoption of cloud and mobile computing is big – and getting bigger. SailPoint wanted to better understand how these new paradigms are impacting the risk posture of enterprises so we focused our most recent Market [...]

2013 – The Future of IAM is Now

It’s hard to believe that once again, it’s time to reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2013. 2012 was an incredible year for SailPoint – one that saw us both achieve significant milestones in the company’s growth and allowed us to build an even stronger foundation for the future. We continued to [...]

Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation: SailPoint “Consumerizes” IdentityIQ

Since our inception, SailPoint has been committed to delivering innovation in the IdM market. We were the first to introduce an IdM solution that enabled a collaborative relationship between the business and IT. We were the first to extend that business-friendly approach to the very complex and technical provisioning processes. And this week, we were [...]