Modernization of Identity and Access Management

From the Oracle IAM blog:”Oracle has been in the IAM business for more than 20 years and we’ve seen it all. We’ve addressed numerous IAM use-cases across the world’s largest, most complex organizations for their most critical systems and applications. …

November 25, 2020
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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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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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Identity Officer

This morning, Dave Kearns of KuppingerCole revived an old conversation started by my friend Matt Pollicove of CTI back in 2006 about the potential need for an Identity Officer. I had some comments then, but I wanted to add another thought now that I’m …

July 2, 2013
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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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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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