The report from Israeli publisher Globes that CrowdStrike plans to spend $2 billion buying one or more Israeli cybersecurity companies sent shockwaves through the industry. Here's a look at six security startups with a large presence in Israel that could be a good fit for CrowdStrike.
One Identity selected ex-LogRhythm CEO Mark Logan as its next leader and tasked him with standing the Quest subsidiary up as a stand-alone entity. The company offers identity governance, privileged access, identity management and Active Directory management solutions thanks to buying OneLogin.
Compromised logon credentials are the root cause of most data breaches, especially because users tend to reuse passwords, says Vikas Malhotra. Passwords are not going anywhere, he says. The LastPass India country manager also discusses password management and managing identities.
Thales plans to enter the customer identity and access management market through its purchase of an emerging European CIAM player. The French firm plans to capitalize on OneWelcome's strong product by extending its footprint beyond Europe and into North America and Asia-Pacific.
Venable's Grant Schneider and Jeremy Grant and ISMG editors discuss progress at the U.S. federal level in developing legislation for digital identity, the significance of an 18% increase in funding for CISA in fiscal year 2023 and the challenges of expanding the use of software bills of materials.
CyberArk has pushed beyond privileged access management to address broader identity use cases as the rise of machine identities creates new challenges. The company will offer more holistic protection to user and nonuser identities by expanding into secrets management and cloud privilege security.
Token selected former OneSpan CRO John Gunn as CEO to scale the organization and prepare its wearable authentication ring for large-scale production. Gunn is tasked with sourcing the critical components needed to manufacture the ring and building a base of paying clients for the biometric tool.
Markus Kalka, head of security authentication services at Takeda, talks about the challenges of changing identity service providers and shares the experience of consolidating three services into one at his company, a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical.
How does a conglomerate implement PAM across multiple companies? What are some of the challenges, and how can you overcome them? Gonz Gonzales, the CISO at JG Summit Holdings, one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines, shares his journey of PAM implementation across companies.
Tired of keeping track of passwords? Recent announcements by major platform vendors Google, Apple and Microsoft could have passwords down for the count in the next six years, says Andrew Shikiar, executive director of the FIDO Alliance, which has been on a 10-year mission to eliminate passwords.
Aura has laid off 70 employees as a result of customer acquisition strategy changes just a year after raising $350 million. The layoffs came about as a result of an agreement inked with MetLife earlier this year that made it Aura's exclusive go-to-market partner for the employee benefits channel.
Ping Identity is making a $50 million bet it can integrate cutting-edge technology into its own stack through a new in-house corporate venture fund to support identity and access management technology startups. "We want to have a nice overall corporate strategy portfolio," says Ping's Anton Papp.
The need for more modern identity and access management capabilities such as biometric and passwordless authentication has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote work, according to Forrester researchers Paul McKay and Merritt Maxim.
Issues with passwords are legion: too many to remember; inherent security weaknesses, and inconvenience, but while many look forward to the day when passwords are no more, for now they are ubiquitous because they are useful, and one of the best ways to enhance their security is through the use of a password manager.
Evolving to a zero trust architecture can be overwhelming for organizations, leaving many unsure of where they should even start. Cloudflare Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan urges CISOs to break the journey into bite-sized chunks that can be easily digested.
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