By Louis Columbus on March 18, 2020
Bottom Line: Biometrics are proving to be better than passwords because they’re easier to use, provide greater privacy and security, and are gaining standardization across a broad base of mobile, desktop, and server devices that users rely on to access online services. In keeping with the theme of this year’s RSA Conference of Human Element, […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Apple Biometrics, Apple Face ID, Apple’s Touch ID, Biometrics, Centrify, Entrust Datacard, FIDO2, HID Global, Idaptive, ImageWare, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, MobileIron, Passwordless authentication, passwords, RSA Conference, Thales, Windows Hello, Zero Trust Security
By Louis Columbus on January 21, 2019
Bottom Line: The most valuable catalyst all digital businesses need to continue growing in 2019 is a Zero Trust Security (ZTS) strategy based on Next-Gen Access (NGA) that scales to protect every access point to corporate data, recognizing that identities are the new security perimeter. The faster any digital business is growing, the more identities, […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Behavior-based scoring algorithms, cybersecurity, enterprise IT security, Idaptive, Louis Columbus' blog, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Next-Gen Access, NGA, Single Sign-On (SSO), Zero Trust Security, ZTS
By Louis Columbus on December 27, 2018
There’s been a staggering 298.4% growth in the reported number of patient records breached as a result of insider-wrongdoing this year alone according to Protenus. The total disclosed number of breached patient records has soared from 1.1M in Q1 2018 to 4.4M in Q3 2018 alone, 680K of which were breached by insiders. There were 117 disclosed health […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Centrify, healthcare breaches Protenus Breach Barometer, Idaptive, Louis Columbus, privileged access credentials, Zero Trust, Zero Trust Privilege, Zero Trust Security, ZTP. ZTS
By Louis Columbus on December 10, 2018
Bottom Line: High-tech manufacturers need to urgently solve the paradox of improving supply chain security while attaining greater visibility across supplier networks if they’re going make the most of smart, connected products’ many growth opportunities in 2019. The era of smart, connected products is revolutionizing every aspect of manufacturing today, from suppliers to distribution networks. Capgemini estimates that […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Bloomberg, Capgemini, Centrify, Idaptive, Louis Columbus' blog, supply chain management, Supply Chain Security, The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies, Zero Trust Privilege, Zero Trust Security
By Louis Columbus on November 30, 2018
Enterprises increased their investments in IoT by 4% in 2018 over 2017, spending an average of $4.6M this year. 38% of enterprises have company-wide IoT deployments in production today. 84% of enterprises expect to complete their IoT implementations within two years. 82% of enterprises share information from their IoT solutions with employees more than once […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Centrify, Cisco, F5, Idaptive, industrial internet of things, Intelligent Enterprise Index, Internet of Things, IoT, Louis Columbus' blog, Palo Alto Networks, Zebra Technologies, Zero Trust Privilege, Zero Trust Security