identity & access management (IAM)

Last week, Forrester published its latest overview of the privileged identity management (PIM) market, which can be found here. In it, we provide an overview of the 17 leading PIM vendors and categorized each vendor as either a PIM specialist or PIM suite provider , along with a market segmentation based on geography and annual […]

We, as security practitioners, need to be mindful about what we mean when we say “2FA” or “MFA.” These terms are often used interchangeably. The confusion is understandable, since 2FA is a subset of MFA. However, just like Halloween candy, MFA (including 2FA) comes in many flavors. Let’s unpack these terms and consider the various […]

We’re hiring! Forrester’s security and risk research team is growing and currently has four open analyst positions: identity and access management, application security, security analytics, and Zero Trust. When I speak to candidates about the analyst role, they all ask one question that I find difficult to answer: “What’s a typical day like for an […]

My fellow Forrester analysts have been covering the data and privacy implications of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal in several excellent blog posts, such as this one and this from yesterday, but this scandal has highlighted some CIAM-specific implications that CISOs and CMOs need to assess, particularly around the future role of social login. For those […]

We’re only one month into 2018 and have already witnessed a surge in M&A activity in the IAM space. Since January 1, 2018, four major IAM related deals, totaling over $1 billion (based on reported amounts and Forrester estimates on certain transactions), have been announced: • KPMG acquired Cyberinc. • One Identity acquired Balabit. • […]

Forrester Vice President and Principal Analyst Andras Cser discusses how identity management can enhance customer experiences and drive growth.

Conversations with vendors and IT end users at Forrester's Security lead us to predict that XACML (the lingua franca for centralized entitlement management and authorization policy evaluation and enforcement) is largely dead or will be transformed into access control (see Quest APS, a legacy entititlement management platform based on BiTKOO, which will probably be morphed […]

Protocol gut check. That's how someone recently described some research I've got under way for a report we're calling the "TechRadar™ for Security Pros: Zero Trust Identity Standards," wherein we'll assess the business value-add of more than a dozen identity-related standards and open protocols. But it's also a great name for an episode of angst that […]