Recent Security Analysis
IBM puts the emphasis on governance via role management in IAM provisioning upgrade
Buy vs. build seems to be settled in favor of incremental internal development with ongoing technology partnerships, as IBM sets out to tightly integrate to enable the processes that constitute governance with its provisioning system.
MIS / Impact Report, 1 Jul 2009
Steve Coplan Perimeter eSecurity announces Viewpoint 2.0 for correlation and compliance
MIS / Analyst Note, 29 Jun 2009
Paul Roberts, Lauren Eckenroth Centrify delivers virtualization management access control through AD
The virtualization thrust is part of the company's broader strategy to build on its ability to consolidate identities within Microsoft AD to provide a comprehensive access control and policy platform. Can Centrify capitalize on its vision?
MIS / Market Development, 29 Jun 2009
Steve Coplan MX Logic targets new markets with datacenter expansion
The company says it is profitable and growing by double digits. A datacenter expansion is intended to spread its reach to Europe and parts of Asia.
MIS / Impact Report, 25 Jun 2009
Paul Roberts, Lauren Eckenroth ROBO Cops: The feature list is growing for remote and branch office security
Governance, risk and compliance, killer Web applications and converged networks are driving changes in the ROBO market.
TDM / Sector IQ, 25 Jun 2009
Paul Roberts CA looks to encourage IAM migration for Sun customers with license discount
MIS / Analyst Note, 25 Jun 2009
Steve Coplan Access management and provisioning projects through Microsoft AD propel Ensim
Stand-alone access management and application-specific provisioning projects relying on Microsoft AD are keeping Ensim busy. Establishing tactical islands of order works for the moment, but is a strategic, global approach feasible?
MIS / Market Development, 19 Jun 2009
Steve Coplan Will the convergence of DLP and IAM bring more M&A activity?
A flood of deals in the wake of CA-Orchestria has not transpired. Clearly, it's not the best environment for M&A, but as the convergence trend gathers momentum and assumes more governance and cloud control aspects, we expect to see more transactions.
TDM / Sector IQ, 18 Jun 2009
Steve Coplan Lumeta releases IPsonar v4.4, moves toward mainstream network discovery
The offering is a powerful network discovery tool that employs both passive and active techniques for inventorying a network and analyzing discovered data.
MIS / Market Development, 18 Jun 2009
Steve Steinke Palo Alto updates PAN-OS, adds traffic shaping, SSL VPN
The company's latest OS update offers traffic shaping and new enforcement options for companies that want to 'embrace and contain' consumer-oriented applications like Facebook and YouTube.
MIS / Impact Report, 17 Jun 2009
Paul Roberts, Lauren Eckenroth BitArmor: from encryption to information rights management?
BitArmor touted its audacious guarantee against data breaches when we last checked in. Now, the company is assembling a strategy to play a role in bridging the worlds of IAM and DLP through a data-level policy container that harvests logic from both.
MIS / Impact Report, 11 Jun 2009
Steve Coplan Decurity, with some flagship accounts under its belt, branches out
The Tampa, Florida-based company consults for very large organizations and government agencies on setting up security-operations centers and getting more bang for their buck in enterprise security information and log management.
MIS / Impact Report, 10 Jun 2009
Nick Selby Xceedium goes after the high-risk user, adds Windows session recording
Expanding its ability to record and tag events within a graphical RDP session broadens Xceedium's coverage to Windows admins and provides a far richer set of capabilities for monitoring and reporting – a step toward a greater enterprise role.
MIS / Impact Report, 9 Jun 2009
Steve Coplan Conformity slips the covers off its SaaS user management platform
Just as players in the federation realm are moving toward a model for single sign-on across multiple applications in a single enterprise, Conformity is aiming to put in place the platform for management of SaaS usage and identity-driven controls.
MIS / Impact Report, 8 Jun 2009
Steve Coplan Sophos says its top line grew 27% in FY 2009, releases data-protection option
The UK-based anti-malware vendor made good on its acquisition of Utimaco as it targets 'mainstream' IT buyers with integrated anti-malware and encryption.
MIS / Market Development, 5 Jun 2009
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