Beyond IAM: Achieving true identity security
Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions are no longer just ways to provide easy workforce access to applications, but critical tools in security and zero trust network access, creating the first line of defense against malicious actors and insider threats.
In this panel discussion, experts from CyberRisk Alliance and CyberArk will share their insights into trends in this evolution, as well as the best practices to leverage IAM solutions as a strategic security asset to protect organizations from cyberattacks, data breaches, and other threats. They will discuss the challenges and opportunities of IAM in the era of cloud, mobile, and social technologies, as well as the emerging trends and innovations in the field. Discussion points:
- The new definition of privilege: How users traverse the risk spectrum throughout the day, depending on the tools they use and the actions they take. This makes everyone a possible privileged user at any time.
- Complexities of securing a hybrid workforce: The benefits of applying controls once reserved for the most privileged users but doing it in a way that balances security with productivity.
- Multifactor authentication (MFA) can be one of the strongest tools against malicious behavior. But it’s shocking how many organizations deploy the weakest possible utilization of this tool, or don’t use it across their environment. Explore how employing modern MFA, including passwordless, and incorporating user behavior analytics and adaptive MFA can be a game changer in shutting down bad actors.
- Employees understandably look for the easy button. That means reusing passwords and adopting consumer-focused tools to manage those weak or repurposed passwords. This introduces unintended risk. How should IT and security leaders consider managing applications and tools that require a single username and password, thus brought under the umbrella of single sign-on (SSO) and MFA?
- The third-party conundrum: We all need to provide access
Speakers
InfoSec content strategist, researcher, director, tech writer, blogger and community builder. Senior Vice President of Audience Content Strategy at CyberRisk Alliance.
With over two decades of experience as a senior enterprise software product and strategy executive, Archit Lohokare leads the Workforce and Endpoint security business at CyberArk as its General Manager. CyberArk is the global leader in Identity Security, offering the most comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions to protect the identities of people, applications, and machines across cloud and hybrid environments. Archit’s mission is to envision and build products that solve complex business problems, mitigate cyber risk, and create value for customers.
Archit joined CyberArk in May 2020 through the acquisition of Idaptive, where he was the Chief Product Officer and a member of the executive leadership team. At Idaptive, he delivered Next-Gen Access, a zero-trust approach that converges single sign-on, adaptive multi-factor authentication, enterprise mobility management, and user behavior analytics. Prior to Idaptive, Archit was the Vice President & GM of Products at Optymyze, driving the product strategy and roadmap for its SaaS applications and PaaS in the Sales Performance Management space. Archit has also held product leadership roles at Symantec and IBM, where he launched new innovations in the security and access management domains.
Archit holds an MBA from UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from NTU, Singapore.
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