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 billion accounts were compromised, yielding a mix of personal data, passwords, email [...]
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, MIIS/FIM/MIM, and AD RMS, and it developed an enthusiastic following in the Microsoft identity sphere. DEC [...]
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 [...]
Writing Your Own Cloud Identity System, Using a Cloud-based Identity Service, Using Packaged Identity Software. [...]
