Nearly any type of system or cloud account that you use will have varying levels of privileges. These privileges dictate the information and actions a user can access in that system. You will typically have a lower-level account with limited access to things like entering data in a system and...
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is more than just about managing passwords. Ensuring only authorized users can access your business data and systems and only at the appropriate permission level is vital to cybersecurity. Identity and Access Management has many facets, but in the end, it is...
Provisioning users in a hospital or healthcare system is vital to ensuring daily identity management runs smoothly. Each user needs access to the right records and digital apps to do their job efficiently. If someone needs to stop what they’re doing to request access to a system they’re locked out...
A big part of the identity management onboarding process with new employees is to get their user account and access to business tools provisioned. But, unfortunately, with today's complex environments, many new employees aren't provided credentials on their first day to things like their company...
One problem that companies quickly run into as they grow is how to properly provision user accounts across all downstream systems (Active Directory, Azure, Google Workspace, etc.) securely without running into access management roadblocks or security issues. The number of unique SaaS products that...
When your users require access to systems and applications that falls outside the normal provisioning scope for their role or attributes, self-service is a lifesaver. While IT traditionally holds responsibility for ticket fulfillment, these access requests don’t even need to enter the service...
Self-service concepts have been around for quite a while, but new strides in IT applications have revolutionized business efficiency, reduced costs, and empowered end-users. Traditionally, new resource requests bounce around an organization until gaining the proper approvals and signatures before...
User account provisioning encompasses account creation, setup, and ongoing management to ensure employees retain access to the IT resources their jobs require. Provisioning is one of the major aspects of the user account lifecycle. Automated provisioning executes configured processes based on...
Every IT department faces the 'revolving door' problem of user lifecycle management. Accounts and permissions must be continuously created, assigned, modified, and revoked. This has to happen in response to organizational changes -- without delay. This process is called user provisioning. There...
Utilizing a Cloud-Based IAM Solution in Government The proper security of your systems and resources is crucial, especially when you’re handling government or private citizens’ personally identifiable information (PII) and data. Data leaks are lurking and can have far-reaching implications that...
How can your organization maintain security now that employees are working from home? When an employee begins working from home, it is important that they have an understanding of how to protect the security of your organization’s resources. From VPNs, MFA, and creating complex passwords, to...
We are all susceptible to the curse of “password fatigue”, or struggling to remember countless logins and passwords. It becomes incredibly difficult to keep track of them all, forcing many to make their passwords easy to remember, often at the expense of security. Always remember that user...
Providing easy and secure access to enterprise applications is something that every organization aspires to do. Single Sign-On (SSO) can offer a significant improvement in efficiency because you can access all of your resources and applications with a single set of credentials. To enhance the...
An Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution is critical to improving your security efforts and can help your organization realize additional benefits (e.g., eliminating wasted time, increasing efficiency, and cutting down on costs). Below is a brief look into how Tools4ever’s cloud-based IAM...
As much as the road less traveled often builds character, who would actually prefer the long and winding path over a quick and painless shortcut? Whether you recognize it or not, we have all been given shortcuts to make our daily lives easier: You can head to the library and embrace Dewey’s...
Learning and technology go together as it has become apparent that technology is an effective way to engage students. However, technology introduces challenges to the classroom such as cost, administration and ease of use; particularly for younger students or those with special needs. Software...
The days of securing a computer, application or website with a basic username and password are long gone. Hackers are more sophisticated than ever and the value of data is on the rise. To this end, advanced authentication, or multi-factor authentication, is becoming the norm. Advanced...
Few everyday technology interactions get on people's nerves quite as much as the dreaded "Password Expired" notification. It is bad enough having to remember all of your passwords before having to change it up with a new value or a slightly different version of an older one – "Was it Brutus#341,...
I have worked with the user-related data of well over 100 organizations in my last 5 years as an Identity Management consultant. Without exception or reservation, it has all been garbage in one way or another (sometimes in multiple ways). It may be a bit of hyperbole to refer to it as garbage,...
In part one of this blog series, we showed how access governance, in conjunction with automated provisioning and de-provisioning of user accounts are essential in preventing internal data breach on an organization's network. Today we are going to discuss how to take it a step further, and protect...
Situation: Threats are commonly internal Companies spend considerable resources protecting against the threat of data breach – and rightly so. A data breach can result in large fines and, more importantly, a damaged reputation. While companies focus most of their efforts on mitigating the risk of...