Employees come and go, and so do their identities within their organizations. On the surface, it seems a linear lifecycle, starting with onboarding and ending with offboarding, with a whole lot of access to resources in between. But it’s the “in between” where things are more complex – whether related to migration from one business unit to the next or integrating an acquisition.

You may already be using Active Roles to manage privileged access, identity and Active Directory (AD) from a single pane of glass. But now, you can get more. Active Roles release 8.2 is poised to offer multiple new features that support customers who are migrating to the cloud and applying web-based resources during the continuing market evolution. It also introduces enhancements to management within Entra ID.

If you run an online image search for “cyber hacker,” you’ll likely find countless pictures of shadowy, hooded figures hunched over a laptop. There’s just one problem with those search But here’s the catch: The image of a human hacker is in the minority these days.

When we think about privilege access management (PAM), we typically think about it first as preventive control. PAM solutions manage who has privileged access to systems, enforce least-privilege principles and monitor and record privileged user activity. This is crucial for preventing misuse of high-level permissions and ensuring accountability.

Context is important. And there is no exception when traversing the realm of cybersecurity, especially when dealing with Roles within SAP ABAP systems. In Identity Manager, Context-based requests come up frequently enough to require well-organized, air-tight configuration. But what exactly are you configuring? And is it going to be hard to follow this road? What is Context in SAP roles? Organizations, especially large organizations utilizing SAP, will have lots of SAP roles to sort through.

Over the past few years, the identity security industry has been buzzing with terms like “convergence.” These days, it feels like everyone offers a “unified” cybersecurity platform. It’s as if we all woke up one day in 2021 and realized that solving our identity security problems with a siloed array of “best-in-breed” point solutions could leave gaps in coverage or create confusion with overlapping functionalities.

A couple of weeks ago, we started talking about cybersecurity spending and how we, as security professionals, need to rethink prioritizing those budgets to match the cyber threat landscape. One key takeaway: identity and access management (IAM) is chronically underfunded compared to other, more glamorous security initiatives.

The results of the yearly IDSA (Identity Defined Security Alliance) survey are out, revealing some surprising and insightful numbers. Let’s dive in! Identity: a growing priority Just how important is identity? The vast majority (73 percent) of respondents say it’s a top three priority, with 22 percent saying it’s the very top priority within their company’s security program.

“Four million workers wanted. Immediate start. Must have knowledge, experience and an ability to be in several places at once.” If the cybersecurity industry posted a job ad, it would sound something like this. That is the current reported size of the talent shortage, with “little optimism that the supply will catch up.”

ERP and CRM systems are key parts of an organization’s business infrastructure and digital transformation initiatives. One Identity frequently works with customers who use systems from vendors such as SAP, Salesforce and Oracle, and we are seeing more organizations using Microsoft Dynamics products. This is probably due to two factors: a heightened awareness of the importance of Identity Governance to the Dynamics community, and the growth in the adoption of Dynamics products.