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  Hospital system pursues identity-management Holy Grail

  It's an ideal in identity management: a centralized role-based access control system that supports single-sign-on (SSO) user access to authorized applications tied into the human resources systems for automated provisioning and de-provisioning, and the ability to integrate physical-security identity badges for room access.

  By Ellen Messmer | 17 May, 2012 06:28

  Tags: security, networking, management, infrastructure management, industry verticals, identity management; HID; Novell Identity Manager; healthcare, identity management, health care, Access control and authentication

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  BeyondTrust acquires eEye in union of security vendors

  BeyondTrust, a software firm that specializes in identity and access management for the enterprise, has announced the acquisition of eEye Digital Security, which makes products for vulnerability management, patch remediation, malware defense and configuration compliance.

  By Ellen Messmer | 09 May, 2012 14:32

  Tags: Vulnerability Assessment, security, mergers and acquisitions, mergers, identity management, eEye, corporate issues, business issues, BeyondTrust, acquisitions, Access control and authentication

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  BeyondTrust acquires eEye in union of security vendors

  BeyondTrust, a software firm that specializes in identity and access management for the enterprise, has announced the acquisition of eEye Digital Security, which makes products for vulnerability management, patch remediation, malware defense and configuration compliance.

  By Ellen Messmer | 09 May, 2012 14:32

  Tags: security, networking, mergers and acquisitions, mergers, management, infrastructure management, identity management, eEye; BeyondTrust; vulnerability assessment; identity management;, corporate issues, business issues, acquisitions, Access control and authentication

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  How to fight back against privacy pirates

  Have you Googled yourself lately? Is the information about you accurate or full of inconsistencies, both of which can be devastating?

  By Julie Sartain | 07 May, 2012 21:27

  Tags: security, online privacy, networking, management, infrastructure management, identity theft, identity management, Identity fraud / theft, Google, Gartner, Aviva, Access control and authentication

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  Commercial enterprises are putting our critical infrastructure at risk

  Cybercriminals have already figured out how to hack into enterprise infrastructure, and the critical infrastructure that controls our nation's supply of water, gas, oil and electricity just might be next.

  By Sean Martin, a CISSP and the founder of imsmartin consulting | 05 May, 2012 07:33

  Tags: Security Management, security breach, security, scada, physical security, networking, management, legal, infrastructure management, identity management, data breach, cybersecurity, cybercrime, Cyberattack, critical infrastructure security, critical infrastructure, corporate issues, byod, business issues, bring your own device, advanced persistent threat, Access control and authentication

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  How to land a cybersecurity job

  Cybersecurity jobs are plentiful, from government, financial services and utilities to manufacturing and retail. But what skills do IT professionals need to qualify for these high-paying jobs?

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 04 May, 2012 00:33

  Tags: wireless, symantec, security, networking, MDM, management, legal, jobs, it management, ISACA, infrastructure management, identity management, cybersecurity, cybercrime, comptia, certifications, careers, Access control and authentication

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  Enterasys to demo mobile management software for BYOD

  Enterasys plans to display at Interop next month an appliance for mobile device management (MDM), spurred by the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon at the workplace.

  By Jim Duffy | 26 April, 2012 08:28

  Tags: Access control and authentication, byod, enterasys, identity management, MDM, Mobile device management, networking, policy management and enforcement, profiling, security, wireless

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  Review: 7 password managers for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android

  I hate passwords. I hate coming up with them. I hate remembering them. I hate mistyping them four times in a row. And I hate getting locked out of whatever I'm trying to log into in the process.

  By Serdar Yegulalp | 28 March, 2012 21:15

  Tags: Access control and authentication, applications, authentication, identity management, mobile technology, Password Security, security, software, twitter, Web security

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  How GSA is securing its cloud apps

  As the General Services Administration (GSA) migrates to a work-anywhere, work-anytime strategy, the real estate arm of the U.S. federal government is discovering that having an iron-clad security strategy is critical to its adoption of cloud-based applications.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 19 March, 2012 21:24

  Tags: 2-factor authentication, Access control and authentication, chatter, cloud apps, cloud computing, cloud-first strategy, Fiberlink, General Services Administration, google apps, government, government cloud, GSA, GSA cloud computing, identity management, industry verticals, infrastructure management, internet, management, networking, salesforce.com, security, single sign-on

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  7 hot security companies to watch

  There's a rush in security startups looking to tackle everything from identity management to encrypting cloud data. Here are some of the latest companies worth keeping an eye on.

  By Ellen Messmer | 13 March, 2012 21:27

  Tags: Access control and authentication, cloud encryption, identity management, OneID, paypal, Porticor, Pwnie Express, security, security startups, WWPass

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  5 signs that you've lost control over your Cloud apps

  CIOs are waking up to the reality that they've lost control over access to data stored in software-as-a-service applications purchased by other departments.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 12 March, 2012 21:28

  Tags: access control, Business Management, cloud computing, compliance, Google, governance, identity management, information security, internet, it management, networking, regulatory compliance, SaaS, SailPoint, security, Software as a ervice, workday

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  IETF explores new working group on identity management in the cloud

  Proponents of a common scheme for managing user identity in cloud-based applications will pitch their idea to the Internet's premier standards-setting body at a meeting in Paris later this month.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 09 March, 2012 22:35

  Tags: Access control and authentication, Business Management, cloud computing, compliance, Gartner, Google, governance, identity management, infrastructure management, internet, it management, management, networking, Ping Identity, regulatory compliance, SailPoint, security, VMware, workday

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  InfoWorld's top 10 emerging enterprise technologies

  Everyone is a trend watcher. But at a certain point, to determine which trends will actually weave their way into the fabric of business computing, you need to first take a hard look at the technologies that gave life to the latest buzz phrases.

  By InfoWorld staff | 21 November, 2011 22:10

  Tags: Access control and authentication, application development, applications, Big Data, business intelligence, cloud computing, Computer Hardware, Computer Memory, Configuration / maintenance, consumerization of IT, Data Center, Data Explosion, data management, hardware systems, html5, identity management, internet, management, Microsoft Windows, mobile technology, network convergence, networking, Network management, open source software, security, servers, server virtualization, software, solid state drives, storage, virtual desktop, Virtualization

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  CA takes to the Cloud for identity management

  CA Technologies has gotten its feet wet with Cloud-based security before, but now the company is moving further in with a package of Cloud-based identity and access control services.

  By Ellen Messmer | 15 November, 2011 07:25

  Tags: Access control and authentication, CA; security; identity management; cloud-based security, CA Technologies, cloud computing, identity management, infrastructure management, internet, management, networking, security

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  Extreme takes aim at secure mobile networking

  Extreme Networks is going mobile. The company today wheeled out a roadmap that will steer the company's product line toward mobile device and application access, availability and management support.

  By Tim Greene | 02 March, 2011 03:45

  Tags: Access control and authentication, consumer electronics, extreme networks, identity management, infrastructure management, management, networking, Network management, Phones, security, smartphones, wireless