Displaying items by tag: Identity

With a market-leading +99% accuracy rate, Incode will play a key role in safeguarding Aussie minors on social media

GUEST OPINION:  The emergence of Chinese AI start-ups such as DeepSeek and a review of Australia’s own sovereign AI and cybersecurity capabilities are gaining more political attention in the lead up to this year’s federal election.

Industry-leading identity security combined with modern IGA sets a new paradigm for compliance and identity lifecycle management

Hybrid Active Directory threat detection and response specialist exceeds 3,000% growth over five years

GUEST INTERVIEW: We talk to Andrew Moore, VP of Product, at SailPoint's Sydney 'Navigate' conference.

COMPANY NEWS:  Boost Bank, Sydney Airport, Maxis Broadband and Bank Jargo amongst the recognised

More than 70% of security breaches in the last decade have listed identity as the primary source of entry. It's something companies must get right. CyberArk VP Khizar Sultan says its solutions can identify and protect high-risk users, those whose job puts them in contact with valuable data and finances.

Digital identity software provider Okta has massively upgraded its free tier, allowing any developer to include MFA in their apps, no matter if it is a hobby app or a commercial product. Okta has also upped the number of monthly active users from 7,500 to 25,000, and thrown in so much more.

Identity security and access management provider CyberArk released new research earlier that found siloed approaches in securing humans and machines are driving identity-based attacks on the enterprise. To help make sense of it all CyberArk COO Eduarda Camacho spoke with iTWire.

The upcoming changes to Australia's Privacy Act are a critical step in addressing the growing risks posed by the exponential growth of digitisation.

COMPANY NEWS: Australian Payments Plus (AP+) today announced its digital identity solution, ConnectID, is now available to ANZ Plus customers.

When he started at Privy, Rob Hotchin received a high volume of messages from his friends, family and colleagues asking him “What the f%$k is digital identity and what does it do?!”.  iTWire spoke to him to find out a bit more about Digital ID, why it’s just been appointed $288.1m in the recent Federal Budget, and why it’s becoming the buzzword for 2024. 

GUEST OPINION:   Organisations should adopt passwordless authentication to withstand the ever-looming threats of cyber attacks, including phishing, keylogging, and man-in-the-middle attacks.

COMPANY NEWS:  New data shows people are concerned about personal data theft when they engage with financial services providers online

GUEST OPINION by Prakash Sinha, Radware: ‘Identity as a perimeter’ is a concept in cybersecurity that represents a shift in the traditional approach to network and application security.

COMPANY NEWS:  Key Takeaways

• More than 4 in 10 companies are still in the early stages of their identity-security journey.
• Security professionals are struggling to communicate the business value of identity.
• Even mature companies cover less than 70% of the identities in their organisation.
• Companies leveraging SaaS, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and automation scale 10-30% faster.

Authentication and access management specialist SecureAuth has been granted three US patents for identity verification using Bluetooth, personal attributes, and environmental information.

COMPANY NEWS: BeyondTrust, the worldwide leader in intelligent identity and access security, today announced their recognition by Gartner Peer Insights as a Customers' Choice for remote desktop software. BeyondTrust earned an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5, with 91% of reviewers noting they "would recommend" the solution. Vendors placed in the upper-right quadrant of the Voice of the Customer report meet or exceed the market average Overall Rating and the market average User Interest and Adoption.

COMPANY NEWS: RSA, the security-first identity leader, released its inaugural ID IQ Report today. Using results from the RSA ID IQ Quiz, the report assesses and baselines users' identity security knowledge, capabilities, and perceptions regarding the role of AI in cybersecurity. Results from the 2023 RSA ID IQ Report reveal that:

Identity and access security specialist BeyondTrust's Identity Issues Impact Zero Trust Effectiveness survey found identity-related incidents are commonplace.