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"Passwordless authentication" has become a popular and catchy term recently. It comes with the promise of getting rid of the risk associated with passwords, however, organizations will add a significant layer to the overall security of their IT infrastructure. Research analyst Alejandro Leal rejoins Matthias to explain how this can be achieved in reality with today's products and services. He give...

CIAM solutions are designed to address specific technical requirements that consumer-facing organizations have that differ from traditional “workforce” or Business-to-Employee (B2E) use cases. John Tolbert has revisited this market segments for the updated Leadership Compass CIAM and provides an update to the analyst chat episode 58 from December 2020. Cybersecurity Leadership Summit t...

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are increasingly being promoted as an essential security tool for end users. This is not about the traditional access to corporate resources from insecure environments, but rather about privacy and security protection, but also about concealing one's actual location on the Internet. Alexei analyzes the operation and effectiveness of these tools and explains his view...

The question whether using a cloud service alters risk is not simple to answer. Mike Small sits down with Matthias and explains, that every organization has its own set of circumstances, and the answer needs to take these into account. He explains the important factors to look at, and what organizations should understand when assessing their risks in a cloud and hybrid world. Cybersecurity Leaders...

Cybersecurity often seems like a dry subject. And as long as it is practiced successfully, its benefits can only be seen in the absence of damage. However, Marina Iantorno, who is taking part in the Analyst Chat for the first time, will discuss the actual risks associated with inadequate IT security and how they affect organizations specifically. Cybersecurity Leadership Summit takes place on Nove...

Sometimes Vulnerability Management has to take care of current threats very quickly: Christopher Schütze is today's guest in this episode and explains which processes are necessary when a system needs to be updated very quickly, for example because there is a current threat, e.g. a "zero day" attack actively being exploited or a vendor recommends an update....

A key issue for many companies beyond technical cybersecurity is cyber resilience. This refers to the ability to protect data and systems in organizations from cyber attacks and to quickly resume business operations in the event of a successful attack. Martin Kuppinger, Mike Small, and John Tolbert will explore this important topic at the Cybersecurity Leadership Summit in Berlin. For this special...

How do you implement modern cybersecurity leadership between compliance, threat protection, privacy and business enablement? To answer this question, Matthias invited the CEO of KuppingerCole Analysts, Berthold Kerl, who was and is active in various roles as a leader in cybersecurity. Together they explore questions such as how important the knowledge of basic cybersecurity technologies is and wha...

It is always easy to blame people, i.e. users, for data breaches and ransomware attacks. But is that really still true today? Martin Kuppinger and Matthias discuss this cybersecurity myth and finally defend users against unjustified accusations. Meet us at the Cybersecurity Leadership Summit !

Verified identity refers to digital identities that have been verified to describe a real-world identity in digital form. A growing range of service providers support organizations to achieve this for customers, citizens and employees alike. Annie Bailey rejoins Matthias and gives an overview of what "Providers of verified identity" are and which types of services and benefits beyond mere verifica...

Zero Trust is rapidly gaining popularity as a modern alternative to traditional perimeter-based security. While it is (rightfully) mainly considered a concept rather than a product, a new market segment has developed. Those solutions apply this concept to network-based access to existing applications and other systems by creating a logical identity- and context-based overlay over existing (and pre...

Customer Data Platforms (CDP) are a fairly new addition to the pool of consumer identity centric management solutions. KuppingerCole Fellow Analyst Roland Bühler joins Matthias for the first time and he explains the full picture of consumer identity and detail what differentiates CDPs from other solutions, such as DMP, CRM or Marketing Automation Solutions. Here are the links to the documents...

Microservices are increasingly becoming the new normal for enterprise architectures, no matter where they are deployed. Alexei Balaganski and Matthias discuss why doing this properly is essential and which aspects need to be considered, way beyond just talking about transport encryption or API security.

The IT environments have become complex, and this will not stop as more technologies such as Edge Computing start to take hold. Paul Fisher looks at the full scope of entitlements across today's multi-hybrid environments. He explains how this new market segment between the cloud, on-premises, privileged accounts, and DevOps has developed and what DREAM means in this context.

Europe is on a "Path to a Digital Decade", which envisions 80% of EU citizens using a digital ID card by 2030. A part of that journey will be self-sovereign identities. Research Analyst Alejandro Leal joins Matthias to continue their discussion on the digital transformation in public services. Self-sovereign identities, the new eIDAS regulation, and the impact of both on how interactions between c...

Web Application Firewalls (WAF) have been around for quite some time to protect web applications through the inspection of HTTP traffic. But with a changing nature of web applications and the ever changing threats landscape they nee to evolve constantly. Richard Hill sits down with Matthias to explain newest developments in the market of WAFs, that is demanding increasingly for intelligent solutio...

With CYFIRMA's products, you can take a look at your business through the eyes of a cybercriminal. But to know what they know, they need to take steps into the dark side of the World Wide Web. Osman interviews Kumar Ritesh from CYFIRMA about their work on the D ark Web .

Imagine paying your taxes digitally on your mobile phone by using your digital ID that is also used for easily applying for a parking permit online. Sounds like the future? In Estonia, this has been a reality for 20 years. Research Analyst Alejandro Leal joins Matthias for the first time for the Analyst Chat. They talk about the changing landscape of citizen-facing government processes and the imp...

Do you know what information about your company is out there and can be used by cybercriminals? What are they interested in? Are they actually targeting your company and planning to exploit it? These are many questions that you may want to consider answering. After all, part of a good defense strategy is knowing your enemy. Kumar Ritesh wanted to solve this challenge and founded CYFIRMA to help ot...

Graham Williamson has teamed up with John Tolbert to research the current state of the Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) sectors. They documented the ability of the main industry players to support a coordinated approach to detecting, responding to, and recovering from, cybersecurity attacks and intrusions. Graham joins Matthias to provide insight into this market on...

The previously distinct but now converged fields and product lines of Endpoint Protection (EPP) and Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) are covered in the brand new KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass on EPDR (Endpoint Protection Detection & Response). Lead Analyst John Tolbert joins Matthias to give a sneak peek into this market segment and shares some results of the evaluation as w...

Secure Collaboration solutions focus on enabling data-centric security to facilitate virtual collaboration. Annie Bailey talks with Matthias about this market segment that provides increasingly flexible, interoperable, and therefore even more secure solutions.

Consumer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) is an emerging market with a strong demand for solutions. Especially with the increasing digitization of the workplace, the market is growing and there are more and more vendors entering this market. Our analyst John met with Sadrick Widmann from cidaas, one of the leading IAM solutions in Europe, to talk about the importance and relevance of CIAM.

Martin Kuppinger and Matthias conclude their conversation about the opening keynote Martin held at EIC 2022 in Berlin. They look at how future IT will look like and how the overall transformation towards this future state can be managed.

Martin Kuppinger and Matthias discuss topics from the opening keynote Martin held at EIC 2022 in Berlin. They start with the role of leaders and decision makers in a consistently changing global environment.