McAfee Adds Identity Management Offerings to Security Portfolio; Pat Calhoun Comments
McAfee has expanded its systems security portfolio to include identity and access management solutions designed to help organizations manage cloud-based applications while maintaining business agility. The new solutions are part of McAfee’s security connected framework, which integrates security products and services to protect businesses from advanced cyber attacks, according to a company statement. “There is [...]
The Defense Department is set to launch two large-scale tests on whether biometrics can control who leaves and enters military facilities, Federal News Radio reports. The military has put its Common Access Cards with biometrics to limited use so far but Brian Hunt, the Army’s Biometrics Identity Management Agency chief of the future applications, indicated at [...]
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Harry Martin Says Intelligent Decisions Eyes Federal Mac IT Integration with Partnership
December 9, 2011 1 CommentIntelligent Decisions will combine its cloud, network convergence and and cybersecurity practices with software from Centrify Corp. to develop solutions for federal identity and privilege access management, ID announced today. The patners hope to win contracts for solutions that can control which systems users can access, how they access those systems and what privileges users have. “We [...]
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Oracle has released a new version of Oracle Identity Analytics, which provides identity intelligence using analytics, dashboards and advanced compliance features. The new version has re-designed certification views, new search capabilities with toggle screens, virtual risk indicators and has a faster data import engine. “Enterprises increasingly need to achieve organization-wide compliance, but the end-goal often [...]
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On Monday, the Obama administration released a budget of $3.8 trillion with a request of close to $80 billion to be allocated to IT spending for 2011. In terms of information security, the administration is seeking to improve broadly in three areas; improving identity management, shift to a real-time security posture and cyber incident information [...]
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A robust identity management solution is capable of authenticating users without requiring the byzantine collection of logins we all have to access the array of web-based applications, information sites or even access our networks at home. The ‘forgot my login’ feature on every site suggests strongly to us that we are not the only ones [...]
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As the use of the internet and technology grows, so do its terms and definitions. Here is a rundown of today’s most frequently used cyber terms. We left something out? Please feel free to leave a comment below to further enhance our ‘cyber jargon’ glossary. Authentication: Confirms that a computer program or individual attempting to [...]
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