TechSpective’s Identity and Access Management section covers one of the most rapidly shifting domains in enterprise security — where the definition of “identity” itself is being rewritten by AI agents, non-human accounts, and automated traffic that now outnumbers human users online. A dominant theme is how non-human identities require the same lifecycle management as human employees, and why treating AI agents as untrusted devices is a practical security necessity.
Do you use the same password for all of your online accounts, apps and services—like email, social media, online retail sites or even your bank? Is this password your date of birth, your high school mascot, your pet’s name, or
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Inner Circle Podcast: Episode 006 My guest on this episode of the Inner Circle podcast is Corey Williams, Senior Director of Product Management at Centrify. The focus of our chat is next-gen access, and how the principle of zero trust
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It’s that time of year again when we all reminisce on the past year and make resolutions for how we can do better in the year ahead—especially when it comes to cybersecurity. Right up to the end of the year,
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Apple added an Emergency SOS feature in iOS 11. It provides a very cool and useful function by design, and also gives you a very easy way to quickly disable Touch ID or Face ID authentication. Emergency SOS The Emergency
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Wireless network routers and access points—as well as many IoT and smart home gadgets—typically come with a built-in web interface that you can access to change the options and configuration settings, like the Wi-Fi password or the DNS settings. Like
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One of the problems with passwords is that users forget them. In an effort to not forget them, they use simple things like their dog’s name, their son’s first name and birthdate, the name of the current month- anything that
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We continue to experience many strides and steps forward in regard to technology advancement, especially as related to identity and access management solutions. Organizations will likely continue to make great strides as they continue to attempt to gain more control
Having strong passwords has never been more important as headlines are dominated with reports of password leaks of major consumer accounts, such as LinkedIn and Yahoo. Nearly everyone agrees that passwords are a problem. Recently, Intel Security conducted a survey
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It’s official, SMS one time passcodes (OTPs) are on their way out. NIST has issued draft national recommendations that deprecate SMS-based two factor authentication (2FA) and encourage the use of alternative authentication factors. This is not a surprise, rather an
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There’s a movement among certain analyst firms to promote the idea of eliminating access controls for all but the most sensitive data. It’s an interesting thought born out of a need to make user access easier and reduce the burden
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