Once upon a time, workers sat in offices, only used corporate desktops and crossed a single authentication checkpoint to access company resources kept snugly behind a protective barrier. The world has changed dramatically since then. Cloud and hybrid environments are vast and complex. Work happens anywhere and everywhere. Company employees, contractors, partners and other users interact daily with multiple endpoints—personal and company-owned—alongside SaaS applications and sensitive data.

Imagine a typical morning at an enterprise: employees, remote workers, contractors and partners log in, browsing and accessing apps and files they need to do their jobs. All seems calm. But behind the scenes, security teams face a different reality. They’re managing an explosion of high-risk identities and passwords across countless endpoints, dealing with unchecked admin rights, rising security costs and compliance pressures.

The physical location of users has become less and less important in conducting business, with the drawback that it creates new, persistent threats to organizations. You know that. You may not know that remote access to IT and business-critical systems is not a new concept. It’s been around since the late 1980s.

When the title of chief information officer (CIO) first emerged in the early 1980s, it was very different from what it is today. Technology evolution, emerging threats and new realities have shifted the role from simply “keeping the lights on” to strategically “enabling the business” in every way.

In this episode of Trust Issues, host David Puner interviews James Imanian, Senior Director of the U.S. Federal Technology Office at CyberArk. They discuss the critical topic of election security, focusing on the recent 2024 U.S. presidential election. Drawing from his extensive background in cybersecurity including a career in the Navy and a stint at the U.S.

The adoption of cloud technology has transformed how organizations develop, deploy and oversee internal and customer-facing applications. Cloud workloads and services create efficiencies and introduce new access challenges. Multi-cloud environments—where organizations utilize services from multiple cloud solution providers (CSPs) like AWS, Google Cloud and Azure—offer exceptional flexibility and resilience but also present significant security challenges.

In this episode of the Trust Issues podcast, host David Puner and David Lee, aka “The Identity Jedi,” delve into the evolving landscape of identity security. They discuss the critical challenges and advancements in securing both human and machine identities. Lee shares insights on the fear and misconceptions surrounding AI, drawing parallels to pop culture references like Marvel’s Jarvis.