ViewDS Identity Provider (IdP) - Release Announcement Overview The ViewDS IdP is a secure, flexible and platform-independent authentication layer derived from the Cobalt ICAM suite. It slots straight into the ViewDS Directory Server, giving organisations a robust Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) platform in hyperscaler [...]
Zero Trust Requires a Culture Shift – Not Just New Tech The mantra "never trust, always verify" defines Zero Trust security, but achieving it takes more than deploying new tools. Many organizations invest in strong authentication, identity management, and network controls, only to find that the technology [...]
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure I used to hear this a lot growing up. But being the kid that I was, I didn’t really understand it’s meaning until I became an adult. Ask yourself about issues that you’ve had specifically in IT. [...]
Risk: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly The world is simply riddled with danger and mystery. On the one hand, it can be fun and exhilarating. Taking your first climb, starting a new job, or changing careers. All have fun and exciting levels of risk. [...]
Natural Disasters and Global Outbreaks Bring Security Risks Natural disasters and global outbreaks, every year we see more of them. But, this blog isn’t about climate change, science, health, or whether you believe in any of it. Nope, today we’re focusing on what happens afterwards. That [...]
I Don’t Know Who You Are, But I’m Going To Help You Anyway... Being a Managed Service Provider is challenging. To be a viable business you need to provide excellent service, keep things running lean, attract talent, and stay on top of technology trends and they're [...]
Facilitating Machinery-of-Government Changes A recent federal election in my home country has reminded me of the disruption and work load on IT resources that can arise from organizational changes in governments and in complex enterprises. Inevitably a change in government leads to a reshuffle of the [...]
Passwords Must Die! Identity is a core component of cybersecurity, and as such I tend to pay attention to security breaches and the various exploits that underlie them. The picture is not pretty. Just considering the top 20 breaches in 2018, we see that roughly 2.9 [...]
Hybrid Identity Conference: All Tech And No Marketing A lot of you will remember (fondly I hope) the Directory Experts Conference (DEC) we ran when I was at NetPro. DEC was a technology education and networking event focused on Microsoft identity technologies like Active Directory, ADFS, [...]
The first, and arguably most important component of your cloud identity system is the identity and attribute store. It forms the heart of any identity system, whether it be a cloud-based or on-premises application. So what should you look for in a cloud identity store? Here are 13 questions we think you should be asking: [...]
The term “cloud computing” has been around for quite a while, at least as far back as 2006 when Amazon started promoting their “elastic compute cloud”, or what is now know as EC2. [...]
Recently I was asked to integrate our Cobalt Identity Server with Office 365 (O365) using SAML 2.0 for web SSO. I managed to get everything working in the end but not without some confusion and frustration along the way. This post attempts to capture the issues that I encountered [...]
I had the privilege of providing the keynote session at the inaugural Hybrid Cloud Identity Protection Conference (http://www.hipconf.com) in New York City last week, and it was gratifying to confer, converse, and otherwise hob-nob with my fellow hybrid cloud identity wizards. [...]
MSPs have enjoyed a good return for providing services, but that world is changing. [...]
Here are 7 reasons why cloud identity is different: Accessibility, Scalability and performance, Efficiency, API support [...]
