Managing User Privilege Creep: A Critical Necessity for Organizational Security User privileges are a central aspect of the IT infrastructure within an organization. When appropriately assigned, these permissions ensure that users have access to the resources they...
Role-Based Access Control
A Detailed Guide to Smart Role Mining: Build Your Ideal Role Model
A Booster for Your Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Organizations today manage their user accounts and access rights transparently and securely through Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). Thanks to clearly defined roles and permissions, it's ensured that all employees...
Azure Active Directory: The Dangers of Improper User Provisioning and RBAC Mismanagement
In today's digital age, organizations are shifting their operations to the cloud, and effective identity and access management (IAM) has become more critical than ever. Azure Active Directory (AD) is a leading cloud-based IAM service that helps organizations manage...
Securing the Kingdom: Lessons in Identity and Access Management from King Arthur’s Camelot
Once upon a time, in the land of Camelot, King Arthur had a vision of a better kingdom. He wanted to implement a new system to manage user identities and access within his realm. He knew that security was a top priority and that ensuring that only authorized users had...
Security Access Control Models for Schools
This blog will cover multiple aspects of building an access control model based on Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC). This includes steps needed to role mine and analyze access permissions across multiple systems, review what...
5 Advantages of an Identity & Access Management in Education
The education sector has undergone a colossal digital revolution over the last two years. After the COVID-19 outbreak, colleges and schools had to quickly pivot how they approached learning delivery, moving from the classroom, in-person lessons to eLearning modules...
Why Cyber Security Insurance Policies Are Requiring MFA
The cost of a data breach has risen to over 4 million dollars, and ransomware remediation costs keep skyrocketing. Between 2020 and 2021, the price to recover from ransomware rose by 143% to $1.85 million. These costs can drive smaller companies out of business in...
Here’s Why You Should Regularly Audit Your Privileged Accounts
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...
How HelloID Can Improve Your Organization’s Security
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...
Part 1: Mitigating the risk of internal breach
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...
Access Governance Solutions Ensure Network Security Compliance
In a corporate environment, the most important aspect of protecting the security of your network is by leveraging software to ensure users do not have permissions to files and applications that they should not be able to access. There are many ways you can leverage...
Connecting Office 365 to Identity Access Management Solutions
Microsoft Cloud is revolutionizing the way organizations across various industries operate; providing various services at a minimal cost and scalability that fits the needs of any organization. Microsoft’s productivity service Office 365 has opened the doors for...