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Legacy Systems, Lost Knowledge: How Employee Turnover Threatens Cyber Resilience
When employees leave, they don't just take their knowledge and experience; they can also create significant security risks. When cyberattacks are on the rise, can you afford to leave yourself vulnerable to more threats?
September 5, 2025 | KeyData
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The Complacency Trap: Why Overconfidence Is the Biggest Cyber Risk
We’ve all been there. It’s that comfortable feeling we get when a system is in place and things seem to be working just fine. The truth is that the "good enough" mindset is a trap. While your IAM system prevents the most basic unauthorized access...
September 2, 2025 | KeyData
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From Cost Center to Catalyst: The ROI of IAM in a Cloud-First World
Many business leaders see IAM as a cost center, but the truth is that when fully optimized, IAM can be a powerful catalyst for growth. Let’s talk about how to quantify the value of IAM for cloud-first information architecture and make the ROI of IAM...
August 19, 2025 | KeyData
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KeyData Cyber + BeyondID: The Future of Identity Security
At KeyData Cyber, we’re embracing the opportunity to rethink what’s possible in identity security. Today, we’re proud to share a milestone that strengthens our ability to do exactly that: KeyData Cyber has acquired BeyondID, a leading Managed Identity...
August 13, 2025 | KeyData
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From Technical Debt to Identity-First Security: A Roadmap for Regional Banks
Regional banks face the same regulatory burden and security risk as large banks with fewer resources, so every decision is a tough one to make. Since they’re forced to make compromises, technical debt grows, new tools are added, and old ones are...
August 5, 2025 | KeyData
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What Can the UNFI Cyberattack Teach Us About Supply Chain Security?
Recently, an incident effectively took UNFI offline, severely disrupting service for countless customers, including Whole Foods. This high-profile event highlights that Cyberattacks against the food industry are on the rise. These companies are...
July 7, 2025 | KeyData
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Securing Insurance: Mitigating Third-Party Risk for Insurance Carriers
The insurance industry, like most others, has become ever more interconnected, with complex networks of internal and external partners and third-party vendors like claims processors and data analytics firms. These partnerships are essential for...
June 24, 2025 | KeyData
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Your Mission, Their Data: Right-Sized Identity Security for Non-Profits
Your non-profit exists to serve a mission. Whether you’re feeding the hungry, protecting the environment, or enriching your community, your focus is on making a positive impact. But the data you collect, including personal and financial information...
June 23, 2025 | KeyData
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Can You Keep a Secret? Ensuring Attorney-Client Privilege with Identity Security
The relationship between a client and attorney is predicated on trust. For law firms, information security is an ethical and legal obligation. Attorney-client privilege has become more difficult to maintain since the advent of the internet. With ever...
June 23, 2025 | KeyData
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Achieving Canada's Digital Ambition with Identity and Access Management (IAM)
The Government of Canada's Digital Ambition depends on robust IAM. Our blog explains how technologies like SSO, MFA, and PAM are essential for building Canada’s secure digital future.
June 10, 2025 | KeyData
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It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know - Identity Vetting in the Age of AI
A non-centralized threat group uses stolen identities to get North Koreans hired at tech firms so they can gain access to systems and generate income for the regime. Companies who have fallen prey to this scam have faced costly repercussions. So, if...
May 13, 2025 | KeyData
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Securing Digital Identities at Scale with Custom Identity Workflows
Think about the different types of identities you manage, including employees, non-employees, customers, vendors, partners, APIs, service account, and IoT devices, just to name a few. The complexity of managing digital identities at scale is arguably...
May 12, 2025 | KeyData
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CSPM + IAM: The Synergy You Need for Unbreakable Cloud Security
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) plays a vital role in ensuring your cloud resources are configured securely, but it’s just one part of a robust security architecture and IAM is crucial for controlling who has access to those resources. In this...
April 28, 2025 | KeyData
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Migrate from MIM to Saviynt Without Losing Your Mind ...or Your Data
It’s been 4 years since Microsoft announced that support would end for Microsoft Identity Manager in January of 2029. Some organizations, particularly those with fairly simple MIM configurations that could be easily ported, were able to quickly...
April 22, 2025 | KeyData
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Identity Security Across Centralized and Decentralized Models
Whether your identity and access management model is centralized, decentralized, or somewhere in between, it should evolve with your organization—not hold it back. In this blog, we break down why decentralized IAM happens, when it makes sense, and how...
April 8, 2025 | KeyData
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I Connect Therefore I Am: Extending Zero Trust to Machine Identities
The sheer volume of machine identities has expanded the attack surface exponentially for most organizations. Without a clear understanding of what these machines are doing and how they're accessing resources, organizations operate with a significant...
April 1, 2025 | KeyData
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Lessons Learned From The SickKids Hospital Breach: What Went Wrong and How to Prevent It
The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada was the target of a ransomware incident carried out by the notorious LockBit cybercriminal organization. This dangerous attack disrupted vital hospital functions, leading to delays in obtaining...
March 11, 2025 | KeyData
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Building an Enterprise-Wide Security Culture with an Identify-First Mindset
In the past, IT security meant locking the door to the server room and manually managing user access, but a lot has changed since then. With a distributed workforce collaborating from anywhere in the world through cloud and hybrid applications, locking...
February 19, 2025 | KeyData
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CISO Blueprint for Higher Education
In higher education cybersecurity, there's a lot you can't control. The threat landscape is constantly shifting, budgets are tight, and users can be unpredictable. This blueprint offers four steps to help you focus on what you can control to build a...
February 5, 2025 | KeyData
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Fortify and Defend: Fight Ransomware with an Identity-Centric Security Program
Is your organization prepared for the rising threat of ransomware? Fight ransomware with an Identity-Centric Security Program to strengthen your defenses and protect your critical data.
January 31, 2025 | KeyData
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Higher Education IAM Challenges - Solved
Higher education faces unique identity security challenges. Learn how to manage multiple personas, secure cloud & on-prem systems, and strengthen your security.
January 14, 2025 | KeyData
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Is Your University's IAM Ready?
Universities face growing challenges: managing seamless access for a large volume of students, faculty, and staff across digital platforms. Outdated IAM systems leave institutions vulnerable.
October 10, 2024 | KeyData
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Your Move: What Can we Learn About Solving IAM Problems From the Classic Board Game Risk?
IAM success, like winning in RISK, requires strategy, adaptability, and risk assessment. Learn how diplomacy, patience & commitment in RISK mirror IAM principles for tackling uncertainty and change.
September 17, 2024 | Dustin Hoff
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Start Maximizing Business Value with an IAM Maturity Assessment
An IAM maturity assessment reveals hidden costs of outdated practices and highlights business value through improved efficiency and security. Learn how maturing IAM drives growth and justifies investments.
August 1, 2024 | KeyData
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