Tag: identity
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Descope Gets $35M for AI Agent Identity Controls, Governance
Identity Security Vendor to Expand AI Governance Tools Including MCP Server Defense. Descope raised $35 million to expand its agentic identity hub and MCP authorization capabilities. As enterprises adopt AI, CISOs demand granular governance, auditing and secure identity frameworks for nonhuman agents. Descope aims to lead this emerging space. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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The Buy Vs. Build Dilemma: Pitfalls of the DIY Approach to Exposure Management
Tags: access, application-security, attack, business, cloud, computing, cyber, data, defense, detection, endpoint, group, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, monitoring, risk, skills, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementSome security teams are taking a do-it-yourself approach to exposure management, according to a recent study conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia, in partnership with Tenable. But are they really ready for the hidden costs and challenges that come with a homegrown system? Key takeaways Organizations are managing as many as 25…
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Disaster recovery and business continuity: How to create an effective plan
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, backup, business, cloud, container, control, cyberattack, data, detection, email, gartner, identity, ransomware, risk, saas, security-incident, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, tool, vulnerabilityStep 2: Identify risk, and locate all your data: Identifying risk in a large, distributed enterprise is a complex task. Risks are everywhere, starting with cyberattacks (including insider attacks), and encompass human error, system failures (hardware, software, network), natural disasters, and third-party vulnerabilities associated with supply chains, cloud service providers, and SaaS providers.When Forrester asked…
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Disaster recovery and business continuity: How to create an effective plan
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, backup, business, cloud, container, control, cyberattack, data, detection, email, gartner, identity, ransomware, risk, saas, security-incident, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, tool, vulnerabilityStep 2: Identify risk, and locate all your data: Identifying risk in a large, distributed enterprise is a complex task. Risks are everywhere, starting with cyberattacks (including insider attacks), and encompass human error, system failures (hardware, software, network), natural disasters, and third-party vulnerabilities associated with supply chains, cloud service providers, and SaaS providers.When Forrester asked…
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WestJet Confirms Passenger IDs and Passports Stolen in Cyberattack
WestJet confirms a data breach starting June 13, 2025, stole passport/ID and personal data. Credit cards and passwords are safe. The airline offers 24 months of free identity monitoring, including $1M insurance. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/westjet-cyberattack-passenger-ids-passports-stolen/
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Top Strategies for Effective and Secure Identity Risk Monitoring
Today, digital footprints are as significant as physical ones, which is why the importance of secure identity risk monitoring cannot be overstated. With the constant evolution of cyber threats, it’s crucial to implement robust strategies to protect not only personal but also professional identities from potential risks. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, staying one step……
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Top Strategies for Effective and Secure Identity Risk Monitoring
Today, digital footprints are as significant as physical ones, which is why the importance of secure identity risk monitoring cannot be overstated. With the constant evolution of cyber threats, it’s crucial to implement robust strategies to protect not only personal but also professional identities from potential risks. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, staying one step……
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SailPoint CEO Mark McClain: We Need ‘Real-Time, Dynamic Protection’ In Identity
While the importance of identity security has been rising for years, the emergence of AI agents is only exacerbating the industry’s need for finding a better way to secure identities and access privileges, according to SailPoint founder and CEO Mark McClain. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/sailpoint-ceo-mark-mcclain-we-need-real-time-dynamic-protection-in-identity
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Who’s Minding the Machines? The Identity Crisis Nobody Owns
Tags: identityMachine Identities Outpace Human Ones, But Accountability Lags Behind. Machine identities already outnumber human users in many organizations, but the answer to who owns them, who rotates their keys, audits their actions and takes the fall when something goes wrong often depends on who’s responding – and the answers rarely align. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification
By inflating numbers and narrowing definitions, Heritage promotes a false link between transgender identity and violence in its push for the FBI to create a new terrorism category. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/heritage-foundation-uses-bogus-stat-to-push-a-trans-terrorism-classification/
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Why Identity and Access Still Represent the Weakest Link
Idan Dardikman, co-founder and CTO of Koi Security, discusses the company’s emergence from stealth and its mission to address one of cybersecurity’s most persistent challenges: securing identity. Dardikman explains that while the industry has poured resources into endpoint, network, and cloud defenses, identity and access continue to represent the weakest link in the chain. Credential..…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Highlights Vulnerability Management Importance in Breach Analysis, as Orgs Are Urged To Patch Cisco Zero-Days
Tags: 2fa, access, advisory, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, cisa, cisco, cloud, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, firewall, framework, github, grc, guide, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, ISO-27001, kev, law, lessons-learned, malicious, malware, mfa, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, risk, saas, scam, security-incident, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, worm, zero-dayCISA’s takeaways of an agency hack include a call for timely vulnerability patching. Plus, Cisco zero-day bugs are under attack, patch now. Meanwhile, the CSA issued a framework for SaaS security. And get the latest on the npm breach, the ransomware attack that disrupted air travel and more! Here are six things you need to…
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TruSources to show off its on-device identity-checking tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Age-verification laws are a privacy and security nightmare. This startup performs age checks on-device, without users having to upload their IDs to the internet. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/trusources-to-show-off-its-on-device-identity-checking-tech-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025/
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Keir Starmer launches digital ID scheme, but does it stand a chance?
Amid an economic crisis, public scepticism and confusing messages, could the government’s digital identity programme fail before it even gets off the ground? First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631981/Keir-Starmer-launches-digital-ID-scheme-but-does-it-stand-a-chance
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Okta introduces Identity Security Fabric to secure AI agents
Tags: ai, backup, control, credentials, data, deep-fake, government, identity, infrastructure, malicious, mobile, okta, privacy, vulnerabilityDigital credentials round out the platform: The third fabric component is digital credentials capabilities through the Okta Verifiable Digital Credentials (VDC) platform, scheduled for fiscal 2027 release.The system would allow organizations to issue cryptographically secure versions of government IDs, employment records, and professional certifications.”Built on open standards for maximum control and future interoperability, VDCs will…
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Okta introduces Identity Security Fabric to secure AI agents
Tags: ai, backup, control, credentials, data, deep-fake, government, identity, infrastructure, malicious, mobile, okta, privacy, vulnerabilityDigital credentials round out the platform: The third fabric component is digital credentials capabilities through the Okta Verifiable Digital Credentials (VDC) platform, scheduled for fiscal 2027 release.The system would allow organizations to issue cryptographically secure versions of government IDs, employment records, and professional certifications.”Built on open standards for maximum control and future interoperability, VDCs will…
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Identity Resilience: Rubrik erweitert Integration mit CrowdStrike Falcon
Durch die Integration von Rubrik Security Cloud in Falcon Fusion SOAR, Next-Gen SIEM, Falcon Threat Intelligence und Charlotte AI können Sicherheitsteams den Prozess der Untersuchung und Reaktion vereinfachen First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/identity-resilience-rubrik-erweitert-integration-mit-crowdstrike-falcon/a42157/
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Identity Resilience: Rubrik erweitert Integration mit CrowdStrike Falcon
Durch die Integration von Rubrik Security Cloud in Falcon Fusion SOAR, Next-Gen SIEM, Falcon Threat Intelligence und Charlotte AI können Sicherheitsteams den Prozess der Untersuchung und Reaktion vereinfachen First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/identity-resilience-rubrik-erweitert-integration-mit-crowdstrike-falcon/a42157/
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SpyCloud Report: 2/3 Orgs Extremely Concerned About Identity Attacks Yet Major Blind Spots Persist
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, corporate, credentials, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, endpoint, government, identity, intelligence, jobs, malware, monitoring, ransomware, risk, theft, threat57% lack strong capabilities to invalidate exposed sessionsNearly two-thirds lack repeatable remediation workflowsAbout two-thirds do not have formal investigation protocolsLess than 20% can automate identity remediation across systemsOnly 19% of organizations have automated identity remediation processes in place. The rest rely on case-by-case investigation or incomplete playbooks that leave gaps attackers can exploit.”The defense mission…
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SpyCloud Report: 2/3 Orgs Extremely Concerned About Identity Attacks Yet Major Blind Spots Persist
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, corporate, credentials, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, endpoint, government, identity, intelligence, jobs, malware, monitoring, ransomware, risk, theft, threat57% lack strong capabilities to invalidate exposed sessionsNearly two-thirds lack repeatable remediation workflowsAbout two-thirds do not have formal investigation protocolsLess than 20% can automate identity remediation across systemsOnly 19% of organizations have automated identity remediation processes in place. The rest rely on case-by-case investigation or incomplete playbooks that leave gaps attackers can exploit.”The defense mission…
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Inside the economy built on stolen credentials
Instead of going after software flaws or network weaknesses, attackers are targeting something much easier to steal: identity credentials. A new report from BeyondID calls … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/26/stolen-identity-cybercrime-economy/
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Okta CEO: AI security and identity security are one and the same
At Oktane 2025 in Las Vegas, Okta CEO Todd McKinnon describes AI security and identity security as inseparable as he tees up a series of new agentic security innovations. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366632056/Okta-CEO-AI-security-and-identity-security-are-one-and-the-same
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Constella Intelligence Appoints Andres Andreu as Chief Executive Officer
Industry veteran and recognized security leader to guide Constella’s next phase of growth in identity risk intelligence. Constella Intelligence, a global leader in identity risk intelligence, today announced the appointment of Andres Andreu as Chief Executive Officer. Andres succeeds Kevin Senator, who has stepped down from the role. Andres previously served as Constella’s Chief Operating……
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Thales Named a Leader in the Data Security Posture Management Market
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, finance, GDPR, google, Hardware, identity, intelligence, law, microsoft, monitoring, network, office, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, toolThales Named a Leader in the Data Security Posture Management Market madhav Thu, 09/25/2025 – 06:15 Most breaches begin with the same blind spot: organizations don’t know precisely what data they hold, or how exposed it is. Value and risk sit side by side. Data Security Todd Moore – Global VP of Data Security Products…
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Why machine identity sprawl is now a DevSecOps problem
Machine identity sprawl is outpacing human accounts 80:1, creating hidden DevSecOps risks. Learn how unmanaged service accounts, keys, and secrets increase breach exposure and how to stop it. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/why-machine-identity-sprawl-is-now-a-devsecops-problem/
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Banking Trojans Targeting Android Users Disguise as Government and Trusted Payment Apps
Since August 2024, a financially motivated threat group has been targeting Android users in Indonesia and Vietnam with banking trojans disguised as official government identity and payment applications. By employing elaborate download mechanisms, reusing infrastructure, and leveraging template-based spoofed sites, the operators have used a coordinated campaign to evade detection and steal user credentials. The…
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Banking Trojans Targeting Android Users Disguise as Government and Trusted Payment Apps
Since August 2024, a financially motivated threat group has been targeting Android users in Indonesia and Vietnam with banking trojans disguised as official government identity and payment applications. By employing elaborate download mechanisms, reusing infrastructure, and leveraging template-based spoofed sites, the operators have used a coordinated campaign to evade detection and steal user credentials. The…
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Certain Protections Against Identity Thefts
The Strategic Importance of Non-Human Identities in Cybersecurity Are your security measures truly comprehensive, or are there unnoticed gaps that could compromise your organization’s safety? Where machine identities are growing exponentially, Non-Human Identities (NHIs) have become pivotal to cybersecurity strategies. These identities, akin to digital passports for machines, necessitate robust management to ensure the security……