
Every year I anxiously await the publication of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). This annual tome is a virtual Mecca that draws a worldwide audience of security practitioners. We savor its insights and analysis of information security incidents and breaches. Heavy on data gleaned from actual investigations, it can be a little dry…
Delinea customers have been talking a lot about cyber insurance. Where to get it, what’s covered, and how to reduce their rates. We’ve been working with a variety of partners throughout the cyber insurance ecosystem to make sure our customers are well prepared to procure the right policy for them. Among Delinea customers, two recent…
Cybersecurity professionals began 2022 just like we started 2021, with many unknowns and travel disruptions. Events are once again being rescheduled, shifted to hybrid and online formats, or canceled. We must accept constant change, even as we plan our 2022 conference calendar. In 2022 I plan to do the things I need to do to…
In any C-Suite role, governance is paramount. But a CTO needs to help drive value using technology to help it achieve its business objectives. To hear more about his role as CTO and his journey down the road of privileged access management, I was happy to chat with my long-time friend and colleague, David McNeely.…
This post is part of a series about IoT security risks and how you can minimize them. Read Part 1 here. Welcome to the second post in our series on the challenges associated with the Internet of Things (IoT). In An Ethical Hacker's Guide to IoT Security Risks and Challenges: Part 1, we took an…
A new survey and report from Forrester commissioned by ThycoticCentrify highlights what IT security and business leaders consider their biggest DevOps security challenges and what they want to see in solutions that will effectively resolve them. Solutions to what Forrester calls the DevOps “security innovation paradox” are critical for organizations, because sacrificing security in the…
A low price tag for PAM software doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the best overall value. Enterprise-scale PAM, like most software purchases, typically involves more than the initial license fee. Depending on your security goals, internal resources, and specific IT environment, you may need to plan for additional costs. It’s important to identify the total cost…
Companies often work with outside experts, consultants, and other third-party vendors who need privileged access to corporate resources. You may be engaging with third-party vendors in a number of different ways, such as a remote contractor working on a time-limited project, an embedded contractor, or outsourced staff augmentation. These third-party entities can’t do what they…
Society today is heavily dependent on critical infrastructure that mostly works behind the scenes such as power stations, oil refineries, agriculture operations, mining, water treatment, green energy, transportation, and manufacturing operations. These systems help deliver electricity to power our homes, recharge our phones and vehicles, deliver goods using just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing processes or simply provide…
As we announced our merger in March and began our integration, Thycotic and Centrify were in the process of being evaluated separately by KuppingerCole for its 2021 Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management (PAM). Not surprisingly, both Thycotic and Centrify were named Overall Leaders again, as well as earning leadership positions in the major categories…