Modernizing Access Management with Password-less Administration Authentication is a secure mechanism for accessing systems and applications. Authenticating with passwords is extremely prevalent and has become part of our everyday life, from accessing email to online bank accounts and everything in between. But passwords can be an inhibitor rather than an enabler for business and commerce. […]
Spotlight on Simeio’s May 20th “Ask Me Anything Coffee Talk Series” Last Wednesday, Simeio held its most recent “Ask Me Anything Coffee Talk Series”. The topic was “Why do I need IAM? How do I get started? IAM for the Lost.” The session hosts were Vikram Subramanian, VP of Solutions at Simeio Solutions, and Anne […]
Highlights of Simeio’s May 13th “Ask Me Anything Coffee Talk Series” Last Wednesday, Simeio held its latest “Ask Me Anything Coffee Talk Series”. The topic was “IAM Roadmapping.” The session hosts were Batool Aliakbar, Director of Delivery at Simeio Solutions, and Neda Pitt, VP of Information Security at Cisco. Here are some highlights from the […]
Maybe “World Password Day” Should Be “World Authentication Day” In case you missed the memo, May 7th is World Password Day. Or maybe you knew it and decided to pass on celebrating, with good reason. Strong and multi-factor authentication has proven to be more secure than passwords. Passwords have been used for centuries to gain […]
Simeio Introduces “Ask Me Anything” Interactive Weekly Talk Series With the impact of the COVID-19, technology conferences, tradeshows, product launches, and other face-to-face events will be greatly scaled-down, even after the pandemic is over. That’s why Simeio is launching this ongoing virtual interactive talk series. We invite you to join us, as we launch our […]
The coronavirus is having a major global impact, infecting tens of thousands, with increasing fatalities. We can debate whether or not the media and politicians are over-playing it. But the fact is, it should have us all concerned, prepared, and taking appropriate action to protect our businesses. More companies are choosing to not attend in-person […]
PCI compliance matters when managing identity and access for remote third-party service providers. This is the third article in an ongoing series on PCI DSS Requirement 8 compliance. In a nutshell, PCI Requirement 8 is about identifying and authenticating all users to protect data and systems. When you can identify every user, you can control […]
Badly implemented IAM can kill you. Literally. The above statement is not just a scare tactic – it is a fact that has been proven in healthcare, sadly, many times over. The central function of IAM is to grant reliable access – for example to patient data – to those who are authorized, and to […]
As the Editor of Hum@n, I am constantly ‘taking the temperature’ of our readership. It’s important to me that we publish only compelling, interesting and ultimately useful content for you all. And there’s only one real way to measure what readers actually enjoy. Counting “likes” can be an indicator but likes are easy and half the time – […]
Last week, The Simeio Crew descended on the 2017 Gartner IAM event, full of anticipation and excitement (and a lot of caffeine.) Many of us attended – from the CEO and other executive leadership, to our industrious delivery team to our killer sales team. Even our content and social folks tagged along. And this event? Did not […]