KuppingerCole Analysts

CIEM is one of the latest entries to the set of 3- and 4-letter acronyms in IAM technology. Martin Kuppinger and Matthias take a look at the functionality behind it and its role within an Identity Fabric.

Martin Kuppinger joins Matthias for a first hybrid audio plus video episode of the Analyst Chat. They talk about horizontal (capabilities like AM, IGA, and PAM) and vertical siloes (identities like things, robots, customers, partners, or employees). And they lay out a proper approach to strategically get rid of these siloes in the long run.  

Building on the first three podcast episodes of this series with Annie and Shikha, Paul Fisher and Matthias turn their attention to the Privileged Access Management aspect in the context of WfH and its Cybersecurity Threat Landscape. They look at the role PAM plays in the particular WfH use cases for administrators, as well as for business users. And they look at the potential changes that this wi...

The Internet of Things is everywhere around us. Almost every device we use is connected to the internet. But are they really smart or intelligent? An most important – what are we and will we be doing about their security? Join Thom from SentinelOne and Alexei as they discuss what AI and IoT really are to learn how many IoT devices Alexei has at home and how long we have to wait until "The Te...

Shikha Porwal and Matthias Reinwarth have a coffee conversation over the security risks of working remotely. They talk through the vulnerabilities of a home network, and touch base with the pandemic related end point security threats, employee behavior and finally, Zero trust.  

Annie and Matthias continue their conversation on the COVID-related trends in 2021. They conversate about different technology and internet usage trends, and also mention some potential topics that will become more prominent in the future as a learning from these trends.

Join Martin with Jackson and TJ from Clear Skye as they talk about how Clear Skye accelerates your Identity's digital transformation.

While the world tries to cope up with the on-going pandemic, cybercriminals have got their hands on a gold mine. Annie and Matthias sit down again to chat about the overall picture of cyberattacks, including COVID-related lures.

Annie Bailey and Matthias continue their conversation around privacy, targeted marketing and the end of the era of the 3rd party cookie, that they started two weeks ago. They discuss the characteristics and the pros and cons of upcoming approaches, while this technology area is still continuing to evolve.

Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt is an experienced practitioner with extensive background knowledge in all things IAM. He helps us to take a step back and look at IAM in daily life. Drawing on simple, understandable definitions, he provides practical recommendations for successful and efficient identity and access management.

Tracking of users via 3rd party cookies has been a constant issue regarding compliance and user privacy. This is about to change, as 3rd party cookies are being more and more blocked in browsers like Firefox and Safari. And Google has announced the same step for Chrome in upcoming versions. What does this mean for the ad business, what are new approaches for addressing targeted marketing in a pote...

How can PAM technologies fit into a Zero Trust architecture and model? How could a PAM technology help us sleep better at night, as many are anxious about falling victim to an attack similar to the Solar Winds attack? Is there a future in deploying PAM in DevOps environments? And how can PAM technologies help to address regulatory compliance? Join Paul and Jim as they talk about different current...

As organizations go through digital transformation, they increasingly turn to using cloud services. One aspect of the digital transformation plan that is often forgotten is ensuring business continuity. Mike Small joins Matthias to explain why business continuity is essential for cloud services, especially in light of current events.

John Tolbert has just recently completed an updated Leadership Compass research document in the market segment of Enterprise Authentication. He joins Matthias for this episode to talk about recent developments and trends in that important area of the Identity Fabric for both IAM and CIAM.

Alexei Balaganski covers a broad range of security-related topics: from database, application and API security to information protection, cryptography and AI-based security automation. He joins Matthias to give a first insight into a fascinating new approach towards access encrypted data "in use", while maintaining privacy and security of data and processing. He explains the concepts behind homomo...

Martin Kuppinger is one of the founders and the principal analyst of KuppingerCole and he is steering the overall development of the topics covered in KC's research, events and advisory. He joins Matthias to talk about the importance of extending Zero Trust to cover software security, for software in any form (embedded, COTS, as-a-service) and regardless of whether it’s home-grown or externa...

Many enterprises are nowadays dealing with the modernization of their Identity & Access Management. Modernizing Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) and well as Access Management at the same time can become too complex. In this video blog post, Martin gives practical advice on how enterprises can get their priorities straight.

Privileged user accounts are significant targets for attacks as they have elevated permission, access to confidential data and the ability to change settings. And if compromised, the amount of damage to an organization can be disastrous. No wonder that this is on the mind of our chief information security officers. Join our CEO Berthold and Rob Edmondson, Technology Strategist at Thycotic in this...

The press, security vendors, politicians and analysts alike currently often focus only on the recent SolarWinds security incident and its exceptional features and effects. While this is in fact an extremely important topic to learn from and to clean up, the shadow of this hype causes that at the same time it is often neglected that even very basic cybersecurity aspects are poorly addressed in many...

The Security Operations Center-as-a-Service (SOCaaS) market has emerged and continues to develop in response to demand for security monitoring, analysis, detection, response, and improvement recommendations either instead of or as a supplement to permanent on-premises SOCs. KuppingerCole Analyst Warwick Ashford joins Matthias for this week's episode and shares some insights into this evolving mark...

More than a month into the post-SolarWinds-incident era Alexei joins Matthias to discuss further lessons learned and strategic approaches towards improving security in organizations depending on diverse cyber supply chains and their imminent threats. But they go beyond and look at the necessary changes between management awareness and software development security.

Join Simon Keates (Head of Strategy and Payment Security at Thales) and Dr. Udo Milkau (Fellow Analyst at KuppingerCole) talking about Security Issues in the FinTec Industry!

Although not really brand new, there are still a lot of interesting developments around DevOps when it comes to cybersecurity and more. Paul Fisher shares some trends and insights with Matthias and tells us what to expect in this rapidly evolving segment.

The SolarWinds incident made the news in December 2020 and continues to impact many organizations. John Tolbert joins Matthias to give a short introduction of what decision makers need to know at this stage and which measures to look at first.