BMWs and Bicycles: The Value of Complexity

If your ideas about Oracle Identity & Access solutions start and end with the word complexity, you’re missing the big picture. Contrary to what competitors might be telling you, Oracle’s current IAM solution looks nothing like a conglomeration of d…

July 28, 2014
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The Evolution of Mobile Security

Today, I posted a blog entry to the Oracle Identity Management blog titled Analyzing How MDM and MAM Stack Up Against Your Mobile Security Requirements. In the post, I walk through a quick history of mobile security starting with MDM, evolving into MAM…

April 2, 2014
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Deep Data Governance

One of the first things to catch my eye this week at RSA was a press release by STEALTHbits on their latest Data Governance release. They’re a long time player in DG and as a former employee, I know them fairly well. And where they’re taking DG is pret…

February 24, 2014
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IAM for the Third Platform

As more people are using the phrase “third platform”, I’ll assume it needs no introduction or explanation. The
mobile workforce has been mobile for a few years now. And most organizations have moved critical services to cloud-based offerings. It’s not…

February 6, 2014
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Virtual Directory as Database Security

I’ve written plenty of posts about the various use-cases for virtual directory technology over the years. But, I came across another today that I thought was pretty interesting.

Think about enterprise security from the viewpoint of the CISO. There are…

January 30, 2013
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Reduce Risk by Monitoring Active Directory

Active Directory (AD) plays a central role in securing networked resources. It typically serves as the front gate allowing access to the network environment only when presented with valid credentials. But Active Directory credentials also serve to gran…

January 16, 2013
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Gartner IAM Notes

In case you missed all the live tweeting by me and others, here are some notes from this week’s Gartner IAM Summit:

There seemed to be a common theme that the primary driver
for IAM projects has shifted from operational (early) to compliance (recent) …

December 7, 2012
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