KuppingerCole Analysts Videos

Securing containers along their lifecycle and wherever they are deployed is a cybersecurity challenge. And it is a new topic for KuppingerCole Analysts. Alexei Balaganski joins Matthias to talk about the just recently completed Leadership Compass on Container Security.

Martin Kuppinger gives Matthias one of these rare insights into the process of creating and delivering the next great opening keynote of an event. With EIC 2022 being already in sight in May 2022 in Berlin, they talk about the composable enterprise and more perceived or actual buzzwords, and how to make sense of this in a business context.

On March 25th, 2022 the European Commission and the US government announced a new agreement governing the transfer of data between the EU and the US. Mike Small and Annie Bailey join Matthias to have a first look as analysts (not lawyers) at this potential milestone for data privacy between the European and the US regions.

This time Alexei Balaganski and Matthias look at practical approaches to actually implementing Zero Trust for specific, real-life use cases. On this occasion, they also finally unveil the connections between Zero Trust and Feng Shui.

GAIN (the Global Assured Identities Network) is entering a new phase. On March 2, the technical proof-of-concept group was launched to actually test the concepts. Annie Bailey and Matthias have a look at the list of participants, the agenda, and the potential outcomes of this PoC. And provide a sneak peek at more about GAIN at the upcoming EIC 2022 in Berlin in May.

Online tracking is a highly visible privacy issue that a lot of people care about. Third-party cookies are most notorious for being used in cross-site tracking, retargeting, and ad-serving. Annie Bailey and Matthias sit down to discuss the most recently proposed approach called „Topics API“.

In this episode, Raj Hegde is joined by Mike Kiser - Director of Strategy and Standards at SailPoint to explore the relevance of #storytelling in enterprise and to help you become a world-class business communicator. Tune in to this episode to learn about storytelling frameworks, the power of #curiosity, reading a room, narrative arcs, etc. Find your voice via ep...

Access control tools for application environments, which include SAP in particular, but also a growing number of other business applications, are becoming increasingly important for compliance and cybersecurity. They also serve as a basis for granting proper access to employees efficiently. Martin Kuppinger and Matthias look at this market segment and at new, innovative solutions, on the occasion...

Data catalogs and metadata management solutions help capture and manage data from all enterprise data sources to enable the use of that data and support data governance and data security initiatives. This interesting and growing market segment is the topic this week when Martin Kuppinger and Matthias sit down for the Analyst Chat podcast.

The conclusion of a tool choice process is usually the consideration of commercial aspects, i.e. software costs and licensing. Martin Kuppinger and Matthias look at this central aspect and discuss different approaches to make different offers comparable, but also give recommendations to vendors on how they can make decisions easier for their potential customers.

A comprehensive cybersecurity strategy typically includes the use of modern, intelligent Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms. These go far beyond simply aggregating and analyzing log files. Alexei Balaganski outlines the latest market developments based on his recently published Leadership Compass on "Intelligent SIEM Platforms" and explains the differences to other market s...

The importance of efficient and secure cloud backup and recovery is often underestimated. Mike Small explains these two disciplines to Matthias and looks at the market of available solutions on the occasion of his recently published Leadership Compass. He also provides valuable guidance on what a strategy and its successful implementation can look like in this area.

The three biggest threats to business resilience are IT Risk, Compliance Risk, and Vendor Risk. Integrated Risk Management Platforms address these risks. KuppingerCole's Lead Analyst Paul Fisher has analyzed this market segment recently and he joins Matthias to talk about recent developments and the market in general.

"Privacy and Consent Management" is an exciting topic in a continuously changing market. Annie Bailey has just completed her latest Leadership Compass, which researches this market segment. To mark the release of this document, she joined Matthias for an Analyst Chat episode where she talks about the innovations and current developments.

A new year, and 2022, like 2021, again begins with a look back at a far-reaching security incident. Cybersecurity Analyst Alexei Balaganski and Matthias take the topic of Log4j as an opportunity to look at code quality and cyber supply chain risk management. They also mention Mike Small's excellent blog post, which can be read here: https://www.kuppingercole.com/blog/small/log4j-how-well-did-you-p...

Paul Fisher and Matthias present their very subjective summary of a really special and, in particular, especially challenging past year, 2021. They cannot do without the word 'pandemic' after all, but they also try to reach a first perspective on the year 2022 from the past 12 months.

The announcement of the GAIN initiative for the secure distribution of verified and assured identity data has been made at EIC in September. While the core concepts of this initiative have been discussed in earlier episodes, Martin and Anni sit down with Matthias to do a deeper dive into further aspects of GAIN, including the use beyond customer-related IAM and the challenge of privacy in such a h...

Raj Hegde is joined by Sebastian Manhart - Technical Advisor on Digital Identity for the German Chancellery to explore governmental reform and understand stakeholder expectations behind the rollout of digital identity projects in the post-COVID era. Tune in to this episode to learn how governments can transition from risk-averse waterfall approaches, improve human fac...

Senior Analyst Graham Williamson joins Matthias from down under to talk about edge computing. Starting from the definition and relevant use cases, they focus on where the edge brings value. They discuss what the key criteria for a successful deployment are and what needs to be looked at to do edge computing while preserving security and privacy.

Lead analyst Alexei Balaganski joins Matthias for an episode on Data-Centric Security. Starting with a definition behind that term, they look at relevant technologies and market segments and discuss adequate ways of adding Data-Centric Security to an organization's cybersecurity strategy.

From November 9th to 11th, the Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2021 took place in Berlin and virtually online. The Monday after, Martin Kuppinger and Matthias sat together to talk about some first impressions and insights from this event. The recordings and slide decks are available for participants and those interested at https://www.kuppingercole.com/events/csls2021/

In the past, servers and applications were rather static, and entitlements too were static. But this has changed. Organizations must deal with a multi-cloud, multi-hybrid IT. Entitlements and access in today’s cloud environments are dynamic, just like workloads. Martin Kuppinger joins Martin to explore the area of Dynamic Resource Entitlement and Access Management (DREAM). Together they look...

No big celebration, but at least a mention: this is the 100th episode of the KuppingerCole analyst chat. Martin Kuppinger joins Matthias to discuss the increasingly important topic of "everything as code" and how to define proper strategies for approaching this, especially in the context of the BASIS concept. For more on this, both recommend revisiting Martin's  opening keynote from this year...

John Tolbert sits down with Matthias and shares his insights into current approaches for protecting and defending essential enterprise systems beyond traditional, often office-focused cybersecurity. Safeguarding Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is getting increasingly important. John explains that modern approaches like Net...

Annie Bailey and Matthias take a deeper look at the emerging concept of the Global Assured Identities Network (GAIN) and also seek a broader perspective on the benefits and challenges of reusable identities in general.