Identity Fusion Blog: IAM
Analysts, Oracles, and the $80,000 Bake Sale
Walking out of the identity conference in Texas feels a bit like leaving a Renaissance fair where everyone forgot their costumes but kept the ticket prices. Vendors pulled me..
Can IAM 3.0 End Brand Impersonation?
Why Continuous Authentication Must Protect Both the User and the Application
A 610 Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme?
When I saw these headlines the first thing I did was look for a credible news source, I didn't find one. The rumor of a $610 billion AI Ponzi scheme didn’t surprise me; these..
Thales Industry Leadership with New FIDO Biometric Security Key
As digital transformation continues to blur the boundaries between cloud and on-premises infrastructure, one truth stands firm: identity is now the front line of defense. Thales,..
The Invisible Perimeter
Business today doesn’t end at the corporate firewall. Financial institutions, insurers, manufacturers, and service providers now operate in a mesh of partnerships, agents,..
Who Blew Up Your Attack Surface?
The modern network hums with voices you can't see. Not people, machines. Containers, APIs, CI/CD agents, cloud functions, service accounts, scheduled jobs, and AI agents: an..
The Silent Revolution
INSIGHT SERIES 2 of 4 This article is the second chapter of a four-part series. The clock is ticking on legacy IAM. The “old guard” wasn’t built for AI, bots, APIs, or non-human..
The Death of the Old Guard: Why Todays Identity and Access Management Can't Survive the AI Age
INSIGHT SERIES 1 of 4 This article marks the opening chapter of a four-part series on the death of IAM’s so-called “best practices.” For too long, vendors have offered patches and..
Why Visual Orchestration Is the Unsung Hero in Your IAM Modernization Journey
As Carol Kane said in Scrooged, "Sometimes you have to slap them in the face just to get their attention!" This blog is a literary slap to get your attention.
Breach Detection Takes Too Long: Why Even “New” IAM Systems Need Modernization
IBM’s research lays it bare: it takes 292 days on average to detect a compromised non-human identity (NHI). That’s nearly 10 months, an eternity in the digital battlefield. By..
The Genius Behind Security
I often write about the challenges that define cybersecurity today, the relentless push and pull between defenders and attackers, the fragile balance between Identity and Access..
The New Blind Spot in IAM: Why Non- Human Identities Are Quietly Undermining Your Cybersecurity Investment
In most boardrooms, when identity security is mentioned, the focus defaults to people, employees, contractors, and customers. But in today’s digital enterprise, the biggest..