Have you ever encountered the term Privileged Account and wondered what it truly means? Learn about this crucial cybersecurity topic.
What is a Privileged Account?
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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. These costs can drive smaller companies out of business in many cases, which has led to a rise in the popularity of cybersecurity insurance.
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.
Why Is Identity and Access Management More Important Now Than Ever?
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.
Why Automated User Account Provisioning With Healthcare Workers Is Important
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 of, it can slow down patient care.
Are Manual Provisioning Processes Hurting Your Business?
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 email address, SaaS accounts, and other internal systems, leaving them unproductive.
The Darkside of Managing Active Directory and Downstream Systems User Accounts Using PowerShell
One problem that companies quickly run into as they grow is how to properly provision user accounts across all downstream systems securely without running into access management roadblocks or security issues.
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...
Why You Need to Ditch Manual Provisioning
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...
The Phased Approach to Implementation
Over the past 11 years I have, as a consultant and project manager, implemented and managed many IAM solutions. These projects have varied from very small to enterprise-level solutions. This experience has given me quite an insight into how businesses operate, how to...
Easy Authorization Requests & Requisitions
Authorization requests and requisitions are a part of life for most businesses. Employees make all types of requests for purchasing equipment, role changes or requesting additional access to systems/ applications. Authorization request processes may have different...