Remember the “easy button” from Staples that was all the rage in the workplace a few years ago?  Well, I get this question all the time – is there a way to make this any easier, like an “easy button” for identity security? And truth be told, for what we do, the value we provide to customers, there isn’t an...

It wasn’t so long ago when it was common to think of identity management as a compliance and enablement tool for large enterprises. The market was borne from a compliance standpoint. Since then, SailPoint has led the evolution of identity into what it is today: foundational to securing and enabling today’s digital cloud enterprise. Today, a large part of the...

One of the things I run into a lot when talking with customers and prospects is this notion that identity governance is a project, a point-in-time initiative that fits in between a whole host of other IT priorities meant to support and match the velocity of the business. But let me be clear: identity governance is not and should not...

Raise your hand if you’ve heard one of these phrases recently, nodded your head and thought – “yup, that’s ‘good enough’ for my identity management needs right there.” You’re covered if you have access management. Provisioning is simple, we can do that. With MFA, you’re protected. You don’t need governance, that’s just an audit thing. Well, I hate to be...

I often catch articles in my newsfeed that are supposedly about identity governance, but upon reading the fine print, they invariably wind up being about access management. These articles are all missing the bigger picture – access management is essentially the 'badge reader' of identity, the granting of access to the proverbial building. But access is just the beginning, and...

In my last blog post, I discussed the importance of identity governance today as 'business essential.' In the last few months, this has become abundantly clear for companies of all sizes, across all industries, and all over the world. The quick pivot to a virtual workforce that many companies experienced in light of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates how and why...

In my line of work, I talk to a lot of people at companies of different sizes and industries. The vast majority of those people are charging down their digital transformation path with varying degrees of success and maturity. Some started early and are years into the process with most, if not all, of their business now housed in the...