identity management

  1. 2025 Microsoft Security Excellence Awards: Celebrating Innovation & Collaboration in Cybersecurity

    Gathered in San Francisco on April 28, 2025, a cohort of industry leaders, cybersecurity professionals, and Microsoft leadership convened to recognize the 2025 Microsoft Security Excellence Awards winners—an event underscoring both innovation in cybersecurity and the scale of global...
  2. Cayosoft Guardian Forest Recovery Wins 2025 Enterprise IT Product of the Year for Backup & Recovery

    Cayosoft Guardian Forest Recovery (GFR) has once again garnered the spotlight, securing the title of Enterprise IT Product of the Year for Backup and Recovery in Active Directory and Entra ID environments, as recognized by Converge360 for 2025. This accolade, following close on the heels of its...
  3. Future of Cybersecurity: AI-Driven Data Protection in a Cloud-First World

    The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven at its core by the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) and the dynamic nature of modern data flows. Jonathan Roizin, CEO of Flow Security—now part of CrowdStrike—offers a candid perspective on this shift...
  4. Okta 2025 Business at Work Report: Digital Transformation, Security Trends & App Ecosystems

    The latest Okta Businesses at Work Report, marking a decade since its first edition, dives deep into the changing tides of technology adoption, security trends, and digital workplace strategies worldwide. Examining the business landscape’s transformation through data from thousands of companies...
  5. Cybersecurity Market Shift: Unified Platforms, AI Integration, and Evolving Threats

    Amidst the rolling buzz of this year’s RSA Conference, a distinct motif emerged: the cybersecurity market is not simply shifting—it’s undergoing a profound transition. The evidence was everywhere, from crowded sessions on AI-enabled threat detection to candid hallway conversations about vendor...
  6. Mastering Zero Trust Security: Microsoft's Approach to a Modern, Resilient Enterprise

    Seven years ago, when Microsoft began its journey towards a Zero Trust security model, “trust but verify” was tossed out the window like an old Clippy paperclip, and “never trust, always verify” took its place. If you’re picturing a fortress of firewalls and VPN tunnels coiled around Microsoft’s...
  7. Veeam Launches SaaS Backup for Microsoft Entra ID to Enhance Identity Resilience

    With more than 600 million attacks hammering away at Microsoft Entra ID every single day—a figure that might keep even the most caffeine-fortified security admin up at night—it seems only fitting that Veeam has decided to grab the digital bull by the binary horns with its just-launched SaaS...
  8. Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Entra ID: Simplified Backup & Resilience in the Cloud

    If the relentless onslaught of over 600 million daily attacks on Microsoft Entra ID hasn’t made you lose sleep (or at least reach for another cup of coffee), then you probably weren’t aware of just how truly dire digital identity protection has become. But fear not, because Veeam Software, ever...
  9. RSAC 2025: Microsoft’s Pegasus Program and the Future of Cybersecurity Innovation

    The tech world is currently chugging along on a high-speed rail of innovation, and if you squint, you might see Microsoft in the conductor’s hat, eagerly ushering founders and IT pros into the next big cybersecurity rodeo. At least, that's the vibe Microsoft for Startups is bringing as it gears...
  10. Arkose Labs Expands Partnership with Microsoft Azure for Advanced Fraud Defense

    When Arkose Labs announced it was deepening its relationship with Microsoft and expanding its services to Microsoft Azure, the collective heartbeat of the cybersecurity community ticked up by a few (highly encrypted) beats per minute. It’s not every day that one of the industry’s hottest account...
  11. Arkose Labs and Microsoft Partnership Boosts AI-Driven Cybersecurity Defense

    Arkose Labs, a leader in fraud prevention, has recently deepened its collaboration with Microsoft by participating in the Microsoft Security Copilot Partner Private Preview. This initiative aims to integrate Arkose Labs' advanced bot management solutions with Microsoft's AI-driven security...
  12. Microsoft Entra ID's Reauthentication Policy: Strengthening Security at a User Cost

    Feeling nostalgic for those halcyon days when logging into your enterprise apps felt optional? Well, savor the memory—Microsoft just flipped the script. In its ongoing tug-of-war with shadowy cyber villains, the tech giant has unleashed the “Reauthentication Every Time Policy” for Entra ID, an...
  13. Microsoft & Arkose Labs Partnership Revolutionizes Enterprise Account Security in Azure

    When Microsoft, a perennial leviathan in enterprise software, decides to extend its embrace to a cybersecurity company, IT veterans perk up faster than a server room in a heatwave. Microsoft’s deepened relationship with Arkose Labs—provider of cross-industry account security, bot mitigation, and...
  14. Microsoft Entra ID MACE Tool Causes Major Lockouts: The Ultimate Guide to the Recent Outage

    It was one of those weekends when IT administrators around the world were either catching up on much-needed rest or, if superstition holds any currency, knocking on wood in hope that nothing out-of-the-ordinary would grace their outboxes come Monday. Alas, dear reader, tranquility was not on the...
  15. Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative: Advances in Cybersecurity for 2024

    In a world where cybersecurity threats loom like dark clouds on the horizon, Microsoft is making strides with its Secure Future Initiative. Launched to tackle critical security challenges that have put both businesses and government data at risk, this initiative aims to create a robust defensive...
  16. Microsoft Entra’s MACE Fail: Lessons from the Mass Lockout Crisis

    The night was humming with the quiet, digital anxiety only IT professionals know too well when the heartbeat of business thrums through cloud infrastructure and acronyms like MFA, MACE, and Entra are uttered with the reverence reserved for ancient gods. Into this perfectly (and precariously)...
  17. Microsoft Entra ID Retires Service Principal-Less Authentication by 2026: What Organizations Need to

    The End of an Era: Microsoft Entra ID’s Move Away from Service Principal-Less Authentication In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, Microsoft’s approach to identity and access management has been a compass for the industry. With the news that Microsoft Entra ID will officially retire service...
  18. Microsoft’s April 2025 Baseline Public Preview: Revolutionizing Windows Security, Stability, and Ent

    Microsoft’s April 8, 2025 Baseline Public Preview: A New Chapter in Windows Security and Usability On April 8, 2025, Microsoft rolled out a pivotal update for Windows 11 and the broader Windows ecosystem, marking a milestone that IT professionals and users have been anticipating for months. This...
  19. Revolutionizing Remote Access: Tailscale for AWS Secure Connectivity

    This innovative solution from Amazon Web Services is turning heads by eliminating the cumbersome configuration of traditional VPNs while offering secure, identity-based access for global teams. By leveraging Tailscale – a WireGuard protocol–based, cloud- and hardware-agnostic...
  20. Delinea and Microsoft: Transforming Cloud Identity Security Together

    Below is an in‐depth analysis of the recent collaboration between Delinea and Microsoft, outlining what it means for cloud entitlement management, identity security, and the shifting landscape of enterprise permissions management. A New Chapter in Cloud Security The rapidly changing world of...