KuppingerCole Analysts

Analyst Chat #69: IAM Awareness in Daily Life

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt is an experienced practitioner with extensive background knowledge in all things IAM. He helps us to take a step back and l...

Analyst Chat #68: FloC and the Death of the 3rd Party Cookie

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tracking of users via 3rd party cookies has been a constant issue regarding compliance and user privacy. This is about to change, as 3rd party cookie...

How Can Privileged Access Management Help Securing the Enterprise?

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How can PAM technologies fit into a Zero Trust architecture and model? How could a PAM technology help us sleep better at night, as many are anxious ...

Analyst Chat #67: Ensuring Business Continuity for the Cloud

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As organizations go through digital transformation, they increasingly turn to using cloud services. One aspect of the digital transformation plan tha...

Analyst Chat #66: Enterprise Authentication - an Updated Look at That Market Segment

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

John Tolbert has just recently completed an updated Leadership Compass research document in the market segment of Enterprise Authentication. He joins...

How to Find the Right Strategy for Access Control Management

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Analyst Chat #65: A First Look at Homomorphic Encryption

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alexei Balaganski covers a broad range of security-related topics: from database, application and API security to information protection, cryptograph...

Analyst Chat #64: Applying The Zero Trust Principle To The Software Supply Chain

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Kuppinger is one of the founders and the principal analyst of KuppingerCole and he is steering the overall development of the topics covered i...

Where to Start Your IAM Modernization Journey

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Many enterprises are nowadays dealing with the modernization of their Identity & Access Management. Modernizing Identity Governance and Administr...

Privileged Access Management from a CISO Perspective

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Privileged user accounts are significant targets for attacks as they have elevated permission, access to confidential data and the ability to change ...

Analyst Chat #63: The Need For New Drivers to Improve Cybersecurity

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The press, security vendors, politicians and analysts alike currently often focus only on the recent SolarWinds security incident and its exceptional...

Analyst Chat #62: The SOCaaS Market Segment - A First Look

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Security Operations Center-as-a-Service (SOCaaS) market has emerged and continues to develop in response to demand for security monitoring, analy...

Analyst Chat #61: Post-SolarWinds Software Security Strategies

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

More than a month into the post-SolarWinds-incident era Alexei joins Matthias to discuss further lessons learned and strategic approaches towards imp...

Security in Financial Services

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join Simon Keates (Head of Strategy and Payment Security at Thales) and Dr. Udo Milkau (Fellow Analyst at KuppingerCole) talking about Security Issue...

Analyst Chat #60: The 2021 Trends in DevOps and Security

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Although not really brand new, there are still a lot of interesting developments around DevOps when it comes to cybersecurity and more. Paul Fisher s...

Analyst Chat #59: Understanding the SolarWinds Incident and Recommended First Steps

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The SolarWinds incident made the news in December 2020 and continues to impact many organizations. John Tolbert joins Matthias to give a short introd...

Encrypt Everything

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Watch this Videocast with our Analyst Alexei and Todd Moore from Thales to learn why and how to encrypt everything!

Analyst Chat #58: Innovation in CIAM

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Tolbert joins Matthias and shares insights about the results from the just recently published Leadership Compass CIAM. They talk about the overa...

Analyst Chat #57: Verified Digital Identities

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Annie joins Matthias to talk about the topic of Verified Digital Identity. They explore what these are, why they are becoming increasingly important ...

Data Security in the Cloud

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join our Analyst Mike Small and Paul Hampton, Product Manager at Thales Security as they talk about the importance of securing data in the cloud.

Analyst Chat #56: The Project Road Towards Zero Trust - What to Do and Where to Start

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast has already looked at the Zero Trust concept as a challenging architectural paradigm for security and an important component of modern a...

Analyst Chat #55: What Keeps Organizations From Adopting Zero Trust

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Zero Trust concept comes with the promise to adequately secure our modern, hybrid IT world at any time and any place. Manufacturers, consultants ...

The Interplay between Zero Trust and IAM

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Kuppinger and Danna Bethlehem, Director of Product Marketing at Thales discuss their perspectives on the interplay of Zero Trust and Identity ...

Analyst Chat #54: Privileged Access in an Agile World - PAM for DevOps

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The PAM market continues to evolve and many organizations are adopting the DevOps paradigm where critical access and sensitive accounts are required ...

Analyst Chat #53: Emerging Technologies in Healthcare - Solutions and Use Cases

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this second of two episodes, Annie Bailey and Matthias Reinwarth look at use cases of emerging technologies in healthcare. The use of AI, and mach...

Analyst Chat #52: SOAR - A North American Product Only?

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Tolbert has just taken a close look at the market for SOAR tools (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response) to prepare a Leadership Compa...

Analyst Chat #51: Emerging Technologies in Healthcare - The Underlying Trends

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this first of two episodes, Annie Bailey and Matthias Reinwarth lay the foundations for the topic "Emerging Technologies in Healthcare". Beyond hy...

Analyst Chat #50: The European Cybersecurity Month - Ensuring Security Beyond Awareness

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This analyst chat episode is the 50th and therefore a bit different. This time Matthias talks to two experienced analysts, Martin Kuppinger and Alexe...

Analyst Chat #49: There is More to IAM Processes than JML

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When asked to describe IAM processes, managers tend to think first of traditional lifecycle management processes such as Joiner, Mover and Leaver (JM...

Analyst Chat #48: Policy-based and Dynamic Authorization Management

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dynamic, risk-based, attribute- and context-related authorizations are becoming increasingly important for many enterprises. Graham Williamson and Ma...

Analyst Chat #47: Access policies as the Common Language for Defining Access

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Access management and access governance in many companies are still largely based on traditional authorization concepts. Thus defining and thinking a...

Analyst Chat #46: Business Resilience Management Part II

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Warwick Ashford and Matthias Reinwarth talk about business resilience again, focusing on cyber supply chain risk management.

Analyst Chat #45: Meet the Citizen Developer

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alexei Balaganski and Matthias Reinwarth look at the citizen development movement and discuss the potential risks of letting business users create th...

Analyst Chat #44: Business Resilience Management

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Warwick Ashford and Matthias Reinwarth discuss the prerequisites and challenges of making a business able to adapt quickly to risks and disruptions. ...

Analyst Chat #43: Privacy and Consent Management

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Bailey and Matthias Reinwarth discuss the findings of the recently published Leadership Compass on Privacy and Consent Management.

Analyst Chat #42: Ephemeral Credentials

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alexei Balaganski and Matthias Reinwarth discuss the concept of ephemeral credentials and its benefits for privilege management, DevOps and beyond.

Analyst Chat #41: NIST’s Zero Trust Architecture

21 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Tolbert and Matthias Reinwarth look at SP 800-207, the NIST special publication on Zero Trust architecture and discuss how it aligns with Kuppin...

Analyst Chat #40: Is Quantum Computing an Imminent Security Threat?

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alexei Balaganski and Matthias Reinwarth try to make sense of the current state of quantum computing and talk about the risks it poses for informatio...

Analyst Chat #39: The Pros and Cons of Agentless Security

14 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Tolbert and Matthias Reinwarth discuss benefits and limitations of agentless security solutions.

Analyst Chat #38: An Enterprise Risk Management Primer

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Schütze and Matthias Reinwarth discuss Enterprise Risk Management. What is it all about? What large and small companies should be fo...

Analyst Chat #37: COVID Response and Decentralized Identity Solutions/Verifiable Credentials

07 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Bailey and Matthias Reinwarth discuss how decentralized identities and verifiable credentials help respond to the pandemic by powering contact t...

Analyst Chat #36: Questions to Ask Your Cloud Provider About Security

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alexei Balaganski and Matthias Reinwarth discuss the security challenges for enterprises moving to the cloud and explain why security in the cloud is...

Analyst Chat #35: An Overview of Enterprise Information Protection

31 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Bailey and Matthias Reinwarth talk about the technologies that enable employees working remotely or from home access sensible corporate informat...

Analyst Chat #34: ITSM and IGA - How to Integrate Two Key Infrastructures Right

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Martin Kuppinger discuss the challenges of integrating IT service management with identity governance within an enterprise.

Analyst Chat #33: Vendor Consolidation in Cybersecurity

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Jonh Tolbert discuss the ongoing consolidation of the cybersecurity market and talk about its reasons and potential consequenc...

Analyst Chat #32: Data Management and Data Lineage - The Foundation for Big Data Governance and Security

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Martin Kuppinger talk about governance and security of data across a variety of sources and formats and the need for maintaini...

Analyst Chat #31: A Cybersecurity Reference Architecture for Your Security Fabric

17 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Schuetze and Matthias Reinwarth discuss a security architecture blueprint that implements the concept of Security Fabric.

Analyst Chat #30: Consent Management Done Right

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Graham Williamson and Matthias Reinwarth talk about consent: what does it mean for identity professionals, service providers or lawyers and how to re...

Analyst Chat #29: Getting Rid of the Password

10 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Warwick Ashford and Matthias Reinwarth discuss the standards, technologies and organizational changes needed to finally get rid of the password-based...

Analyst Chat #28: A Holistic View of Cybersecurity - Introducing the Security Fabric

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Schuetze and Matthias Reinwarth introduce Security Fabric - a new architectural approach towards cybersecurity with the goal to achieve c...

Analyst Chat #27: NDR - Network (Threat) Detection and Response

03 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Tolbert and Matthias Reinwarth talk about network detection and response solutions: what are the threats they are looking for and how they compl...

IAM Projects Stalling - Stakeholder Management

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Analyst Chat #26: Functionalities at the Core of a Privileged Account Management System

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Fisher and Matthias Reinwarth continue talking about privileged access management, discussing the core capabilities of modern PAM solutions.

Analyst Chat #25: The Cargo Cult of Cybersecurity

26 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Alexei Balaganski talk about the reasons many companies are still failing to protect themselves from cyberattacks and data bre...

IAM Projects Stalling - No Big Picture in Mind

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

KuppingerCole Analyst Chat: Applying AI Governance

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In a follow-up to an earlier episode, Matthias Reinwarth and Anne Bailey discuss practical approaches and recommendations for applying AI governance ...

KuppingerCole Analyst Chat: When is a Security Product not a Security Product?

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and John Tolbert talk about profound implications of security products not having their administrative interfaces sufficiently sec...

IAM Projects stalling - Plan First, Then Execute

17 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

KuppingerCole Analyst Chat: What's AI Governance and Why Do We Need It

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Anne Bailey talk about Artificial Intelligence and various issues and challenges of its governance and regulation.

Analyst Chat #21: IAM Requires a Solid Process Framework

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Christopher Schütze talk about the importance of processes to make your IAM projects successful.

IAM Projects Stalling - Quick Wins and Big Wins

10 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Analyst Chat #20: PAM - What are Privileged Accounts

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Paul Fisher launch a new series of talks about privileged access management.

Analyst Chat #19: Identity Vetting - Dealing With the Wave of Fraud During the Pandemic

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and John Tolbert discuss the latest "innovations" fraudsters are using during the pandemic crisis and the methods to mitigate them...

Cybersecurity Investment Priorities - Set Your Focus Right

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Analyst Chat #18: Zero Trust from the Cloud

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Alexei Balaganski look at the potential alternatives to VPNs and security gateways.

Analyst Chat #17: How to Avoid Becoming a Phishing Victim During the Pandemic

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Martin Kuppinger explain how to protect your users from phishing attacks when they're all working from home...

Cybersecurity Investment Priorities - Portfolio Optimization

27 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Analyst Chat #16: Enterprise Databases in the Cloud

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Alexei Balaganski talk about making the right choice of a database engine to power your next cloud project.

Analyst Chat #15: Zero Trust as a Concept for... Trust and Security

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Martin Kuppinger dispel a few myths about Zero Trust.

Analyst Chat #14: The Alphabet Soup of Security Analytics

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Alexei Balaganski discuss the plethora of acronyms for security analytics solutions: from SOC and SIEM to UEBA and SOAR.

Analyst Chat #13: Cybersecurity Portfolio Optimization

15 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Christopher Schütze talk about how to efficiently identify and rate your investments into Cybersecurity.

Five Golden Rules for Efficient Virtual Collaboration

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Beyond security and technology: Matthias Reinwarth leverages the experiences of KuppingerCole Analysts in doing advisory via electronic collaboration...

Why BCM/BCRM and Cybersecurity Must Converge

13 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Analyst Chat #12: Incident Response Management

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Schütze and Matthias Reinwarth explain the importance of having an incident response plan.

Analyst Chat #11: How to Ensure Your Video Conference’s Security

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Martin Kuppinger discuss the measures necessary for securing your favorite online communication platform.

AI Governance: What to Consider

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The 5 Golden Rules of E-Payment

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Microservices in Identity and Access Management

05 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Analyst Chat #10: Making IAM Projects Succeed - The Importance of Project Management

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Graham Williamson are talking about managing IAM projects properly.

Analyst Chat #9: The Dark Side of the API Economy

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Alexei Balaganski discuss the challenges of explosive API growth without proper security controls in place.

Why IAM From the Cloud is the New Normal

29 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Kuppinger explains the benefits of Identity and Access Management delivered from the cloud.

Security Should Not Become a "Business Disabler"

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Analyst Chat #8: Making IAM Projects Succeed - Why You Need a Solution Architecture

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Graham Williamson are talking about designing an IAM project architecture.

CoronaApp: Time to Act Now, Not to Talk

24 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kuppingercole's Principal Analyst Martin Kuppinger gives his opinion on problems and arguments surrounding various apps for tracking the spread of th...

Analyst Chat #7: Fraud Reduction Intelligence Platforms

24 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and John Tolbert explain the meaning behind the term and talk about various factors that help identify fraudulent transactions in ...

Zero Trust Paradigm for the Future of Security

22 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Kuppinger explains the meaning behind the popular buzzword.

Analyst Chat #6: Five Key Topics for Cybersecurity

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Martin Kuppinger identify the key topics for cybersecurity in the times of crisis.

Analyst Chat #5: Beyond prevention - The Bigger Picture of Cyber Security

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Christopher Schütze are taking a look at five different phases of cyber security.

Why Adaptive Authentication is the Future

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Kuppinger explains adaptive authentication.

Analyst Chat #4: Setting your Cybersecurity priorities right

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Martin Kuppinger explain what you could be doing wrong with regards to cybersecurity priorities.

Analyst Chat #3: Protecting Your Organization Against Ransomware

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Alexei Balaganski discuss the history of ransomware and the measures needed to protect yourself against it.

IAM Projects Stalling – Too Tools-Centric

08 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Kuppinger explains the reasons why so many Identity and Access Management projects can stall or even fail.

Analyst Chat #2: Cybersecurity in the Enterprises in the Age of WFH

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and Martin Kuppinger are discussing the security challenges enterprises are now facing with the majority of employees working from...

IAM Projects Stalling – Too Big to Win

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Kuppinger explains the reasons why so many Identity and Access Management projects can stall or even fail.

Analyst Chat #1: How to Protect Data in a Hostile World

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthias Reinwarth and John Tolbert are talking about the challenges of data protection in modern times.

Top 5 Work from Home Cybersecurity Recommendations for Enterprises

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Tolbert is talking about the current situation with regards the pandemic crisis and the cybersecurity-related things to consider for enterprises...

Analyst Chat: Identity & Access Management Challenges - Work From Home Edition

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the pilot issue of the KuppingerCole Analyst Chat - our soon-to-be-regular podcast. Stay tuned for more episodes!