Small Things with Big Impact

The release of our new product, Compact Identity got me thinking about how “big things can come in small packages” and how “small deeds can cause big changes”. Ancient Indian ‘Ayurveda’ – a system of medicine that exclusively uses herbs – is known to use only a handful of herbs and in small doses. And […]

CIOs & CISOs may have to bear the brunt of Privacy Failures

The Chief Security Officers of Facebook, Twitter and Google all are leaving their companies, in the same week that Facebook announced that a researcher at Cambridge Analytica, who worked for the Trump campaign,  got hold of data on 50 million users. The job of CISOs and CIOs is becoming more critical and risky. The Security […]

Passwords have been eating our brains

  In the last twenty years authentication is based primarily on three factors: something a person “knows”, “has” and “is”. This led to the emergence of authentication based on (passwords, PINs, images, pattern), devices (smartcard & USB tokens, OTP etc) and biometric traits (biological and behavioral based systems). Last five years have seen the emergence […]

Tips for failure with Identity Governance & Administration

For the last 10 years I have been speaking to IAM project leaders, Governance leads & CIO’s who constantly complain of failing in IAM project delivery. That in turn puts at stake future of funding for the program. It has also caused loss of confidence in them from their superiors and diminishing of self-esteem. While […]