Converged Identity: The Future of Cybersecurity
Discover how converged identity solutions will revolutionize the cybersecurity landscape in the digital age. Introduction The digital world has ushered in an era of unprecedented connectivity, convenience, and innovation. However, it has also created an ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats. As more devices, applications, and services become intertwined, a robust, unified approach to identity management […]
National Cybersecurity Strategy: How a reinforced IAM program can improve the security posture
What is the National Cybersecurity Strategy? In March 2023, the US Government released the highly anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) report. This report requires that government organizations and private companies build robust cyber defense strategies amid the rising cyber threats. This NCS comprises of five key pillars to make the digital ecosystem more defensive, effective, […]
File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) for ensuring Security and Compliance
The Context Today’s enterprise IT infrastructure is so large and ever-expanding that managing it effectively becomes a challenge. And any sort of malicious or unauthorized IT activity on systems and configuration files, if left unchecked, can have dangerous consequences. What is File Integrity Monitoring? File Integrating Monitoring (FIM) is part of a broader Information Security […]
Enterprise Cloud-First Journey can Face Bumps if These 5 Security Aspects are Overlooked
Why are organizations implementing a cloud-first strategy? A cloud-first strategy comprises of the adoption of advanced IT operations and development techniques wherein enterprises migrate to and control most of their IT workloads and data from on-cloud infrastructure for faster computing, greater flexibility, and scalability. Initially, SMBs and large organizations were sitting in the middle of […]
Why is it critical to provide just-in-time privilege access in privileged access environments?
An Overview There is a saying “Too much of anything is bad.” It is believed that too much of anything unnecessary builds up a sense of profuseness which leads to misuse. It is applicable to IT security as well. Any end-user in an IT environment with unlimited access to critical systems round the clock might […]
Seamlessly Scale the Privileged Access Management Environment with ARCON | PAM SaaS
Overview The Privileged Access Management (PAM) space is growing at a brisk pace. There is a rising demand for PAM solutions to address many critical enterprises’ use cases that include cloud access governance, DevOps use cases, shared accounts, and non-human identities interacting with RPAs. In one of the “trend” reports by Forrester in 2021, the […]
Zero Trust Architecture: Why is it Unshakable?
An Overview New technologies and IT infrastructure modernization have extended the boundaries of identity. And these ever-expanding IT boundaries pose a mighty challenge for information security heads. The challenge is not simply to maintain strict identity controls. The bigger challenge is that these ‘trusted identities’ are dispersed in decentralized IT environments. There is a growing […]
Implementing Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) to Protect Data and Sensitive Information
About authentication and passwords “Treat your Passwords like your toothbrush. Don’t let anyone else use it and get a new one every six months”. – Clifford Stoll, American astronomer, and author Yes, passwords are among the most vulnerable IT assets. Password breach or credentials breach (User identity and password) are among the most common causes […]
KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management
Yet another feather in the cap! ARCON has been named an “Overall Leader” in the 2022 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Privileged Access Management report, written by Paul Fisher, lead analyst of KuppingerCole Analysts AG. The phenomenal run for ARCON as a business organization that focuses on protecting digital identities and vaults (for securing secrets) continues, […]
The Journey of ARCON: Upwards and Onwards
ARCON ends the year 2022 on a high note ARCON believes in consistency, and consistency is the key ingredient to success. This is exactly what happened in 2022, another eventful year, when ARCON continued to make rapid progress on its global expansion plans, win the customers’ accolades, and win their trust even as our flagship […]
