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How to Address Third-Party & B2B Access Control Challenges in IAM

Mickey Martin April 23 2024
Despite technological advancements in the field, third-party access remains a persistent challenge for many IAM ...
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Identity Security Company

Gal Helemski April 1 2024
I am pleased to announce that PlainID has adopted new features and services into its Platform. These new services allow ...
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SaaS Authorization Management

Mickey Martin March 14 2024
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PlainID's SQL Database Authorizer Revolutionizes Access Control

What Does Authorization Have to do with ISPM?

Mickey Martin January 17 2024
Previously I wrote a blog talking about what ISPM could mean for the future of Identity by comparing it to other *SPM ...
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What is Identity Security Posture Management?

Mickey Martin January 10 2024
As the world of identity and access management dcontinues to grow and evolve into a central focus on how businesses ...
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PlainID's SQL Database Authorizer Revolutionizes Access Control

Unlocking Seamless Data Security: PlainID's SQL Database Authorizer Revolutionizes Access Control

Mickey Martin December 22 2023
Data access control, especially for operational data, has long been a challenging issue. Typically, databases possess ...
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OWASP API Security Risks

PBAC: Top 10 OWASP API Risks - Key Insights & Effective Mitigation

Mickey Martin December 15 2023
In today's digitally-centric organizations, the development of products, services, and solutions increasingly depends ...
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Modern Authorization: Strengthening Cybersecurity and Ensuring Data Compliance

Modern Authorization: Strengthening Cybersecurity & Ensuring Data Compliance

Michelle Fallon December 12 2023
“Authorization answers the question of who can access what and under what circumstances. It takes a well-defined, ...
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BigID Data Protection Framework

BigID & Plainid Partner to Provide Data Protection Framework for Enterprises

Mickey Martin November 21 2023
In a recent announcement, BigID and PlainID unveiled their strategic partnership, offering a comprehensive solution to ...
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Streamlined Access Control with Power BI and PlainID

Unlocking Secure and Streamlined Access Control in Power BI with PlainID

Lani Leuthvilay November 15 2023
The Security Gap in Native Access Control As businesses continue to navigate through vast oceans of data, tools like ...
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A Roadmap to Modern Authorization: From Assessment to Implementation

Julie Kendall October 3 2023
In today's digital landscape, effective authorization controls are crucial for securing critical business assets. As ...
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What Is Dynamic Authorization

What Is Dynamic Authorization and Why Is It so Critical for Security Resilience

Rose Kim July 26 2023
The growing number of cyberattacks and data breaches has made security resilience a top priority for organizations ...
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Evaluating Authorization Vendors for Reduced Business Friction

Evaluating Authorization Vendors for Reduced Business Friction

Julie Kendall July 6 2023
Authorization and Access Control are critical components of any enterprise architecture that revolves around sensitive ...
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The Evolution of Authorization Controls

The Evolution of Authorization Controls: Exploring PBAC & Its Benefits

Gal Helemski June 13 2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of authorization controls, PlainID has emerged as a pioneer by being one of the first to ...
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PlainID Wins 2023 Fortress Cybersecurity Award

PlainID Wins 2023 Fortress Cybersecurity Award for Transforming Authorization Management

Julie Kendall May 30 2023
PlainID, The Authorization Company, has been awarded a 2023 Fortress Cybersecurity Award in recognition of their ...
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Five Things to Consider When Evaluating a Modern Authorization Solution

Five Things to Consider When Evaluating a Modern Authorization Solution

Lani Leuthvilay May 1 2023
Organizations today have a highly distributed and often complex workforce of full-time, contractor and third-party ...
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Identity Management Day

Third Annual Identity Management Day

Tom Ammirati April 11 2023
Data breaches continue to be a business-threatening menace for enterprise leaders, IT professionals and even employees. ...
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Understanding the Business Value of an Enterprise-Ready Authorization Solution

Michelle Fallon March 16 2023
Traditionally, Authorization has been coded into every application. With the move to lightweight digital services, ...
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PBAC Vs RBAC: Why Role Based Access Control Is Not Enough

Gal Helemski February 28 2023
Authorization, the process of determining who can access what, has been evolving steadily since the 1980s. Today, ...
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What is Policy as Code and Why Does it Matter?

Lani Leuthvilay February 2 2023
What is Policy as Code?
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The 2023 Threat Landscape Has Evolved, Identity-first Security is a Must

Gal Helemski January 18 2023
COVID-19 changed the world. It expedited significant changes within the technology industry in particular, which ...
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PlainID Recognized as Black Unicorn Finalist

Julie Kendall December 15 2022
PlainID is honored to be a finalist for the prestigious Cyber Defense Black Unicorn Awards. As a Black Unicorn ...
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Using Policy to Control and Protect Data in Complex Environments: PlainID Partners with Denodo

Jeff Tishgart November 28 2022
The importance of organizational and personal data is top-of-mind for company leaders as adversaries continue to take ...
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Simplifying Authorization in a SaaS and Hybrid World

Lani Leuthvilay August 21 2022
As the number of digital Identities and assets have exploded in recent years, enterprises face a greater burden to ...
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Don’t Clown around with your Authorization Strategy! Meet the PlainID team at Gartner IAM

Michelle Fallon August 8 2022
At PlainID, we take the business of Authorization very seriously. That's why you won't find any clowns, magicians, ...
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The Power of the Policy: Journey to Identity-First Security

Tom Ammirati June 8 2022
Over the course of the last few weeks, I have been fortunate enough to travel and attend several top Identity and ...
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AuthZ: The Past Meets the Future

AuthZ: The Past Meets the Future

Tom Ammirati May 11 2022
During my nearly 30-year career in technology, there are several things that I’ve learned to be true. One is that ...
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How the Leaders of PlainID are Working to ‘Break the Bias’ on International Women’s Day

Gal Helemski March 8 2022
By Gal Helemski, Chief Innovation and Product Officer
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Coarse-Grained vs. Fine-Grained Authorization

Oren Harel February 23 2022
One of the factors that distinguishes IAM solutions from each other is their granularity, or the amount of specificity ...
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The Power of the Delegated Model for B2B Identity & Access Management

The Power of the Delegated Model for B2B Identity & Access Management

Oren Harel November 17 2021
It really cannot be overstated how important it is to enable external workers and business partners to engage with you ...
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The 3 Pillars of Powerful Dynamic Authorization

The 3 Pillars of Powerful Dynamic Authorization

Oren Harel October 11 2021
In our last blog post, we discussed what is dynamic authorization and why it is essential for security resilience. As a ...
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How PlainID Made B2B Identity & Access Management Easy for Solid State Networks

How PlainID Made B2B Identity & Access Management Easy for Solid State Networks

Oren Harel October 8 2021
Solid State Networks is bringing something new to the gaming and virtual reality industry -- a CI/CD platform that ...
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The ROI of B2B Access Management | Infographic

The ROI of B2B Access Management | Infographic

Oren Harel September 22 2021
A question that we often get asked is "What is the ROI of B2B Access Management?" (Otherwise known as B2B IAM, PIAM ...
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What Manufacturers Need From Their Partner Identity Management Solution

What Manufacturers Need From Their Partner Identity Management Solution

Oren Harel September 1 2021
We’re living in a digital-first world, and the manufacturing industry is no exception. Digital, cloud-native solutions ...
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Gartner 2021 Hype Cycle Application Security

An analysis of Dynamic Authorization’s inclusion in the 2021 Gartner® Hype Cycle™️ for Application Security, 2021

Sam Adler August 8 2021
For over 5 years, we here at PlainID have been highlighting the importance of Authorization in any Identity Management ...
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PBAC in Healthcare: Why Does Healthcare Need Dynamic Authorization?

PBAC in Healthcare: Why Does Healthcare Need Dynamic Authorization?

Oren Harel July 25 2021
In today’s digital landscape, Identity and Access Management, or IAM, is critical for managing who can access what and ...
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The Often Overlooked Key to Partner Experience Success - Partner IAM

Oren Harel July 14 2021
“Partner experience is the new customer experience.” That’s how Gartner sums up the importance of providing a positive ...
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Gal Helemski, Co-founder of PlainID

A Catch-Up With PlainID Founder, Gal Helemski

PlainID June 17 2021
Gal Helemski, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation and Product Officer at PlainID was named one of the “Top 25 Women Leaders ...
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What we know about access control and what it means for service mesh

What We Know About Access Control And What It Means For Service Mesh

Gal Helemski April 22 2021
Service meshes have become a fixture in the cloud native computing landscape because they solve a key problem in ...
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Leading Banks’ Secret Weapon for Managing Authorizations in 2021

Oren Harel April 14 2021
Banks have been building and maintaining complex access control systems starting long before the Internet age. In some ...
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Five Essential Features Of Partner Identity and Access Management

Oren Harel April 6 2021
Any business that relies on partner companies to help drive sales needs a B2B Partner Identity and Access Management ...
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What security and IAM professionals need to know about cybersecurity mesh

What Security and IAM Managers Need to Know About Cybersecurity Mesh

Oren Harel February 15 2021
In their analysis of the coming year’s top strategic technology trends, Gartner identified Cybersecurity Mesh as a ...
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Gartner Hype Cycle for IAM, 2020

Gartner Hype Cycle for Identity and Access Management Technologies

Oren Harel February 11 2021
The Gartner Hype Cycle for Identity and Access Management (IAM) Technologies annual report aids IAM professionals in ...
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PlainID helps scale OPA by creating a better way to manage policies.

How PlainID Solves the OPA Manageability Gap

Gal Helemski February 2 2021
Editor's Note - We hosted a webinar on PlainID's OPA integration. Watch it on-demand, here. ...
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How to Choose a Dynamic Authorization (AuthZ) Management Solution

Tom Malta December 8 2020
As the technology landscape moves further towards a fully cloud-based system, a modernized approach to access control ...
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How PlainID Maps to the NIST 800-53 Framework

Oren Harel November 24 2020
Disclaimer: Please note that the following information serves only as a guide and is not a legal document for the ...
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ABAC vs. PBAC: The Advantage of PBAC Over the Traditional ABAC

Oren Harel June 24 2020
IAM managers and architects that are sick of managing thousands of roles for hundreds of users need a better way to ...
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Why PlainID and Okta Created a Partnership

Gal Helemski May 19 2020
After 6 months of development, the partnership between product teams at Okta and PlainID, an offering for a centralized ...
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Deeper thoughts on Modernizing IAM

Måns Håkansson May 7 2020
In this blog post we will discuss how you can rethink and redesign your Identity and Access Management (IAM) ...
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Attribute Based Access Control

Why a Traditional ABAC System Can’t Compete with PBAC

Oren Harel May 4 2020
As we move further away from traditional working arrangements and physically move further apart from each other, with ...
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Put it In Context: Understanding Contextual Awareness

Gal Helemski April 28 2020
The Catch-22 situation for Identity and Access Management (IAM) professionals is having to balance a well secured ...
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Remote Workers? Remote Access Policies? This is how Policy Based Access Control Can Help your Company Survive COVID-19.

Oren Harel April 22 2020
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) forces us to rethink our traditional office based working arrangements and move ...
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6 Regulations Requiring IAM Compliance

6 Regulations Requiring IAM Compliance

Gal Helemski March 19 2020
WHAT IS IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT? For an enterprise of any size, Identity and Access Management (IAM) is an ...
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The Role of XACML in Modern Enterprise Access Control

Gal Helemski March 11 2020
XACML (eXtensible Access Control Markup Language) is the lingua franca for centralized entitlement management and ...
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PBAC: It’s Not Just For Security

Gal Helemski November 24 2019
When most people think of cybersecurity and banks, they naturally think of data breaches with accounts being wiped out ...
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Partners in Authorization: Why Apiture Made PlainID Part of Its IAM Solution

Oren Harel October 6 2019
Financial companies depend on trust; their customers must be certain that their data can only be accessed by authorized ...
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PBAC PROTECT

Protecting your Most Valuable Assets With PBAC

Oren Harel September 19 2019
Last year, Facebook made headlines the worst way possible, admitting that up to 50 million of its accounts were hacked. ...
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GDPR: A Year Later

Gal Helemski August 12 2019
Early 2018 was a time of concern for companies doing business in the EU. The May 25th deadline for with the General ...
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PBAC and Data Privacy

How PBAC Ensures Data Privacy

Gal Helemski June 25 2019
Over the past few years, two of the most important trends in Identity and Access Management (IAM) have been on the rise ...
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The problem with RBAC

The Problem with RBAC

Oren Harel May 30 2019
Until recently, the most popular approach to Authorization was Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). This solution involves ...
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Delegated Administration - Authorization Challenges for B2B Companies

Gal Helemski May 2 2019
According to recent figures published by Forrester, B2B e-Commerce sales in America will reach approximately 11 ...
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XACML

A Beginner’s Guide to XACML

Oren Harel April 24 2019
What is XACML? Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) is an XML-based language designed specifically for ...
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Why You Shouldn’t Leave Authorization to IT

Gal Helemski April 3 2019
An Authorization plan involves determining who can access which resources and under what circumstances. When a company ...
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Authentication vs Authorization: Understanding the Differences

Oren Harel March 25 2019
Authentication and Authorization might sound similar but the difference between them is crucial to access management as ...
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PID New Blogs 2019

Zero Trust for IAM Managers

Gal Helemski March 20 2019
“Only the paranoid survive.”
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Why PSD2 Demands an Upgraded Entitlement Management System

Oren Harel March 14 2019
Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) is an EU regulation designed to increase competition in the banking and payment ...
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The Importance of Fine-Grained Authorization for Secure Content

Gal Helemski March 4 2019
Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions vary in their approach to Authorization, with the preferred method often ...
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Fine-Grained Authorization and Other Key IAM Terms

Gal Helemski February 20 2019
The world of Identity and Access Management (IAM) has a language of its own which is continually evolving as new ...
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Mark Your Calendars Now for Identity & Access Management Events in 2019

Gal Helemski February 13 2019
IAM professionals and cyber security experts have another exciting year of events to look forward to in 2019. Whether ...
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Identity and Access Management Worst Practices

Gal Helemski February 4 2019
Continuous, rapid developments in technology are increasing the challenges faced by Identity and Access Management ...
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The 3 Types of Attributes IAM Professionals Need to Understand

Oren Harel January 3 2019
Many organizations rely solely on Role Based Access Control (RBAC) to make access decisions. The problem is that RBAC ...
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The Limitations of Traditional Authorization Solutions

Oren Harel December 26 2018
Consider an international flight. The passengers bought tickets and the crew work on the plane – but they don’t all ...
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The Evolution of Authorization

Gal Helemski December 17 2018
Corporate approaches to identity and access management (IAM) have evolved as technology has advanced. The advances ...
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Next-generation access control vs XACML: What’s Really the Difference?

Oren Harel December 12 2018
The growing complexity in managing access to sensitive data has prompted an ongoing evolution of access control policy ...
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How to Evaluate RFPs for Your Company’s Authorization Solution

Daniel Brudner November 27 2018
Filtering Out the Fluff It’s no surprise that the increasing complexity of IT systems, networks, and applications makes ...
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Gartner IAM 2018

What Not to Miss at Gartner IAM Summit 2018!

Gal Helemski October 25 2018
The upcoming Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit is shaping up as an unprecedented opportunity to deepen your ...
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The 3 Pillars of Authorization

Gal Helemski October 4 2018
When dealing with today’s distributed IT environments, current Identity and Access Management (IAM) models are not ...
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6 Must Have Features for IAM - PlainID

6 Key Features Every IAM System Needs

Gal Helemski July 10 2018
Since the EU passed the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies around the world have been scrambling to ...
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8 Steps For A Complete IAM System Audit

Oren Harel May 31 2018
As organizations grow and evolve, the importance of maintaining a robust and flexible Identity Access Management (IAM) ...
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GDPR Compliance

How Policy Based Access Control Can Support GDPR Compliance

Oren Harel May 15 2018
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25 May 2018. In April last year, Matthias Reinwarth, ...
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Identity Governance & Administration

Innovation in Identity Governance & Administration: 2018 Predictions

Gal Helemski May 1 2018
Enterprises with a successful data governance model have a significant competitive advantage. As the ability to manage, ...
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Graph Technology and PBAC

Graph Technology and Policy Based Access Control

Oren Harel April 24 2018
Visualizing Data Long lists, tables, and rows of data might contain all of the information needed to make informed ...
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Role Explosion

Role Explosion: PBAC to the Rescue

Oren Harel April 3 2018
Role-based access control (RBAC) is a fundamentally flawed methodology for managing user identities and access ...
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The Evolution of IAM: Then and Now

Oren Harel March 7 2018
Ever since humans started communicating, there’s been a need for protecting and controlling information access — what ...
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PlainID's Hot List of Top People in the IAM Industry

Gal Helemski February 13 2018
Identity Access Management and the associated discipline of Identity Governance & Administration (IAM and IGA) are ...
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IAM & Cybersecurity Events You Don’t Want To Miss In 2018

Gal Helemski January 28 2018
These are exciting times to be in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) space. The marketplace opening up to major ...
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PBAC

There’s No Time Like the Present for Policy Based Access Control

Gal Helemski January 17 2018
If you haven’t implemented policy-based access control (PBAC) yet, now is the time. Here’s why.
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The Business of IGA and Authorization

Oren Harel January 3 2018
As the number and value of collaborative business models increase, identity access management (IAM) becomes more ...
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7 Standards every IAM professional should know

Gal Helemski November 21 2017
As discussed in a previous blog, identity and access management (IAM) can help organizations comply with a wide range ...
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7 Identity & Access Management (IAM) Compliance Regulations You Should Know

Gal Helemski November 13 2017
Being a CTO or a CIO today is tougher than ever. As if aligning IT with overall business strategy while keeping pace ...
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Not-to-Miss @ Gartner IAM Summit 2017

Gal Helemski November 8 2017
Join PlainID and some of the world’s leading IAM experts at Gartner IAM Summit 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada November ...
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Policy Based Access Control: 5 Key Features

Gal Helemski September 25 2017
Roles have ruled the IAM world for a long time, yet over time were found to be hard to manage and scale; attributes ...
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The Challenges and Solutions of Using XACML-Based Authorization

Gal Helemski September 4 2017
When used correctly, XACML is a powerful tool to manage access and authorization, however, it has its challenges. ...
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Role Explosion Challenge

Role Explosion: The Unintended Consequence of RBAC

Oren Harel August 21 2017
Until quite recently, access control in large enterprises has been predominantly managed with “Role-based Access ...
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Top Identity and Access Management (IAM) Certifications

Oren Harel August 7 2017
Identity and Access Management (IAM) has seen both technological changes and market growth. The market for IAM ...
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Gartner Hype Cycle 2017: Externalized Authorization Management is Maturing

Oren Harel July 24 2017
The Gartner Hype Cycle report is the most viewed analyst report after Magic Quadrant, and for a good reason. While The ...
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It's time for Runtime Authorization

Gal Helemski July 10 2017
In today’s digitally-dominated business world, information is a highly valued asset and increasingly needed by both ...
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Taking on the Tough Guys: Implementing IAM Policy for IoT Devices

Oren Harel July 3 2017
The Internet of Things (IoT) is – to quote the title of a well-known Beatles song – “Here, There, and Everywhere.” ...
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Why You Should Use a Single Platform for Your Access Management Needs

Oren Harel June 22 2017
An old Ethiopian proverb states: “When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion.” And what’s true in the animal kingdom ...
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XACML: Alive or Dead?

Gal Helemski June 5 2017
In 2013, a Forrester analyst wrote a blog proclaiming that XACML (Extensible Access Control Markup Language) was dead. ...
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What Not to Miss at Cloud Identity Summit 2017

Gal Helemski May 29 2017
Cloud Identity Summit 2017 always lives up to its billing as the meeting of ideas between strong security and a ...
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It’s Time To Modernize Your Legacy IAM

Gal Helemski May 15 2017
Think you can’t afford to modernize your legacy IAM? If you feel it’s just too expensive to invest in enhancing your ...
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Attending The K(NO)W Identity Conference? Don’t Miss These Sessions

Oren Harel May 8 2017
The K(NO)W Identity Conference is a unique event that enables security professionals to connect with every aspect of ...
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Insider Threats? IAM to the rescue

Gal Helemski May 1 2017
A phrase like “insider threats” might make you think of epic stories of backstabbing and betrayal – perhaps of Saruman ...
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Fine-Grained vs. Coarse-Grained Authorization Policies

Gal Helemski April 24 2017
Gone are the days when a single authorization point was enough for website security. If network security was once ...
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GDPR Checklist: Preparation is Key

Oren Harel April 18 2017
It seems that there’s a lot of work to do before May 2018, when the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes ...
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How Data-Sharing Rendered RBAC and ABAC Inadequate and Gave Birth to PBAC

Oren Harel April 3 2017
Policy Based Access Control (PBAC) is a response to what observers such as Ethan Ayer, CEO of Resilient Network ...
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You need adaptive API control for your IAM program

Gal Helemski March 27 2017
APIs are critical for advancing core business expansion strategy. They do this by: exposing data for use by apps; ...
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), IAM and You

Oren Harel March 20 2017
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), passed by the EU in 1996, is “the most important change in data privacy ...
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The IAM Challenges of a Growing Enterprise: Scaling and the Cloud

Gal Helemski March 13 2017
As enterprises shift their platforms to the cloud, identity management has become a growing challenge...Historically ...
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Facing the Ongoing Challenge of AuthZ Recertification

Oren Harel March 6 2017
Failing to maintain the correct calibration of Identity Access Management (IAM) systems within dynamic business ...
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What is Your Identity & Access Management Toolkit Missing?

Oren Harel February 27 2017
Creating and maintaining an advanced Identity & Access Management (IAM) program requires collaboration. As one ...
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RBAC vs ABAC Security in the Cloud

Gal Helemski February 20 2017
American hacker and security consultant Kevin Mitnick, known for his 1995 arrest and subsequent five-year prison term, ...
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How Not to Fail with Your IAM Program: the Stakeholders' Perspective

Oren Harel February 15 2017
Do you want to successfully plan and deploy an identity and access management (IAM) program? If this is your goal, then ...
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Identity & Access Management Events Not To Be Missed in 2017

Gal Helemski February 5 2017
Are you an IAM professional, a cybersecurity expert or risk and compliance buff? Where do you turn to stay up-to-date ...
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When it Comes to Authorizations, Context is King

Gal Helemski November 30 2016
The advent of mobile computing has done funny things to authorization. Computers used to stay in one place—but now ...
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Are You Ready for the Gartner IAM Summit? Three Sessions You Shouldn’t Miss!

Gal Helemski November 23 2016
We’re excited to take part in this year’s Gartner IAM Summit and have checked out some great sessions that you do not ...
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Empty the Repository: Why Virtual Tokens are Better for AuthZ

Oren Harel November 23 2016
If you’re using a business application, it is very likely to have a user repository attached. This is usually a simple ...
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The Unsudden Death of Group-based Access Control

Gal Helemski October 18 2016
In the previous posts, we covered the advantages of dynamic AuthZ and the benefits of ABAC. We found that static ...
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The Root Cause of Most Cyber Attacks? Hint: It’s Not Technology

Oren Harel September 27 2016
While we might be quick to blame ineffective security appliances and applications as the reason for today’s ...
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Authorization Creep is the Biggest Threat in Information Security

Oren Harel September 19 2016
If your company discovers that sensitive data has been compromised, you would assume that hackers have found a ...
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How Do You Authorize: The Old Static Way or the New Dynamic Way?

Gal Helemski September 7 2016
This is the second of a four-part series that looks at the changes in approach to authorization and IAM that businesses ...
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Out with RBAC, in with ABAC!

Oren Harel August 10 2016
Assigning access controls is one of the foundational steps in information security and compliance. Enterprises commonly ...
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Improve Security – Step Up Your Security IAM Efforts

Gal Helemski July 13 2016
If your organization hasn’t yet made the vital connection between Identity and Access Management (IAM) and security ...
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We couldn’t have said it better ourselves: Snippets on Authorizations & Identity Access Management

Gal Helemski June 29 2016
While digging around our eco system, researching what is going on and who is doing what, we came across insights that ...
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WHY ALL THE FUSS (AND MESS) WITH IAM

Why All the Fuss (And Mess) With IAM?

Gal Helemski June 16 2016
There’s a lot of fuss about Identity & Access Management (IAM). There’s also a lot of mess.
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Welcome to PlainID: The Authorization Solution

Gal Helemski June 12 2016
Greetings. I’d like to introduce you to PlainID.
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