Entries by Howard Mahoney

Start With The End In Mind: Blog #5 – Reduce The Cost Of Managing Access Change

(Source: SailPoint Technologies, Inc. Identity and Access Management Buyers Guide) Managing the complex relationships between thousands of users and millions of access privileges continues to be a daunting and expensive task for most organizations. Changes to user access are initiated, approved and implemented using fragmented, disjointed processes. Coupled with the fact that in most organizations, […]

How Do I Know When To Upgrade My IAM Environment?

Deciding if you should upgrade your identity and access management environment can be a daunting task. Although there are many variables and decision-making points involved, the “if” decision usually falls into one of two camps: The software is nearing its’ support end-of-life. There is a need to utilize new services available in the latest release. […]

Start With The End In MInd: Blog #4 – Manage Access Across On-premises and Cloud Applications

(Source: SailPoint Technologies, Inc. Identity and Access Management Buyers Guide) “We’ve lost visibility and control over applications in the cloud. We’re not even sure about what’s out there.” As enterprises accelerate their adoption of the cloud, they must cope with the challenges of managing a hybrid IT environment where some applications reside on-premises and some […]

Start With The End In Mind: Blog #3 – Increase Business User Productivity

(Source: SailPoint Technologies, Inc. Identity and Access Management Buyers Guide) Whether you’re using identity management for internal users (employees and contractors) or external users (partners, agents, customers), you want to implement technologies that reduce the burden of accessing business services. Having the right identity and access management strategy can reduce internal costs and improve productivity, […]

Start With The End In Mind: Blog #2 – Speed Delivery of Access to Business Users

Speed Delivery of Access to Business Users (Source: SailPoint Technologies, Inc. Identity and Access Management Buyer’s Guide) Given the fast-paced and dynamic environment of business today, IT organizations are challenged to keep up with the demand for identity and access management services, and to do so in a compliant manner. Business users cannot wait days or […]

Start With The End In Mind: Blog #1 – Identify Priorities and Establish Clear Goals 

Identify Priorities and Establish Clear Goals (Source: SailPoint Technologies, Inc. Identity and Access Management Buyer’s Guide) Identity and access management is a strategic imperative for organizations of all sizes. Companies ranging from large, multi-national enterprises to smaller, fast-growing businesses must address requirements to protect and govern access to critical applications, systems and databases whether in […]

Cloud Technology and Hybrid Architecture.

By Chris Fields, Vice President of Security Strategy. All of the predictions around the explosion in the usage of Cloud technologies have finally come true.  Many organizations are taking advantage of improvements in technology and reduction in cost and moving their applications off-premise and into shared data centers (a.k.a. the cloud).  As cloud adoption increased, […]