Downloads
Explore our collection of informative resources and discover how KeyData Cyber can drive innovation and efficiency for your organization.
Microsoft Identity Manager (MiM) Migration Off-Ramp Guide
It's been 4 years since Microsoft announced that support would end for Microsoft Identity Manager in January of 2029. Complex migrations require careful planning, coordination, strategy, and specialized support. Developing an effective Off-Ramp plan is no easy task, if you're migrating for the first time, this guide aims to get you started.
Building an IAM Roadmap
Whether your IAM program needs to be updated, migrated, or designed for the first time, this IAM Roadmap is a guide to achieving your security goals.
The CTO/CISO Ultimate Guide in IAM for Credit Unions and Regional Banks
For leaders at credit unions and regional banks, managing Identity and Access Management (IAM) effectively is a persistent, significant challenge. You face the same threat environment as larger financial institutions but have fewer resources to evolve and scale as your needs change. Moving from your current state to a truly secure, efficient, and compliant identity architecture demands a strategic approach and a clear roadmap. This guide provides the blueprint. We explore the specific IAM pain points unique to institutions like yours and lay out a practical roadmap for developing your ideal target security architecture.
The IT Administrator's Ultimate Guide to Identity & Access Management for K-12
Managing Identity and Access Management effectively is a significant challenge for schools of all sizes. You face complex threats with limited resources and need a strategic approach to build a secure, efficient, and compliant identity architecture. This guide lays out a practical roadmap for your ideal target security architecture, showing you how to unify identity governance and streamline access across core systems and HRIS.
Six Steps to Implement a Future-Ready CIAM Strategy
Is your CIAM strategy future-ready? This guide will help you uncover the core principles of a future-ready CIAM strategy and steps you can take to improve your security posture today.
The CTO/CIO's Guide to Hybrid Workforce IAM
With device ecosystems expanding and evolving cyber attacks, it's critical that your IAM approach not only secures distributed access but also aligns with business priorities and evolving compliance standards. Whether your plan needs to be updated, migrated, or designed for the first time, this guide aims to get you started.
Maximizing Your Identity Security ROI: Strategies to Reduce Risk and Enhance Business Value
BeyondTrust & KeyData partnered to bring you a comprehensive webinar where we explore effective strategies for measuring cybersecurity risks and impact while boosting your return on investment.
Identity Stack Series Ep.1 - Solutioning IGA in Higher Education
We sat down with KeyData Cyber CTO Brian Read to discuss the challenges Higher Education institutions face when attempting to safeguard the data of thousands of students, faculty, researchers, alumni and guests in a highly mutable environment while remaining compliant and dodging frequent and sophisticated cyber-attacks. Have a listen!
Identity Stack #2 | Is ISaaS Right for You?
Strong identity security is a necessity for organizations of all sizes, but it's easier said than done. According to Awais Akbar, Head of Managed Services at KeyData Cyber, “traditional IAM programs often require multiple procurement cycles—separating professional services for implementation, in-house expertise for ongoing management, and vendor selection for products and services. This complexity can be overwhelming for organizations. Have a listen for insights on how organizations of every size can manage their Identity Security more efficiently and effectively than ever before.
Identity Stack #3 | Building Your Identity Fabric
Many organizations today continue to operate with a complex web of tools and applications, often fragmented across departments and functions. This fragmentation not only creates security gaps but leads to operational nightmares and a frustrating user experience. Enter the Identity Fabric – a strategic approach to unify and interconnect your identity management, transforming security and operations. To demystify this critical concept, we sat down with Brian Read, CTO at KeyData Cyber, to discuss how an Identity Fabric can streamline security and enhance organizational efficiency.
Identity Stack #4 | It's Elementary: Right-Sizing Identity Security for K-12
We sat down with Shurouq Hijazi, Managing Director at KeyData Cyber, to talk about identity security for K-12 environments, the challenges they face, and scalable solutions that are right-sized for their needs and budget.
Identity Stack #5 | Securing the Autonomous Future: Why Identity is Key to Agentic AI
CTO Brian Read explains how Agentic AI is more than a buzzword or trend and how AI agents have risks beyond traditional AI because they have both human and machine traits. Listen and learn why your security strategy must include solutions that address human and machine identity challenges.
Rethinking Cloud Identity: Practical Strategies for Highly Regulated Industries
For organizations in highly regulated industries, IAM is a constant balancing act: staying compliant while moving fast, securing critical systems without burning out your IT team, and delivering user-friendly experiences on tight budgets. With all these challenges, organizations need an answer to the million-dollar question, What's the most effective path to secure identity in complex environments? KeyData Cyber's Head of Managed Services, Awais Akbar and Identity Trailblazer, Eric Maass explore practical, experience-backed strategies to modernize your identity program — with a special focus on the role managed identity services can play in reducing complexity and cost in highly regulated industries.
How AI Forced the Evolution of Ransomware
KeyData Cyber, CyberArk and Mandiant partnered up to bring you a comprehensive webinar where we delved into AI and the impact it has behind the evolution of Ransomware. We explored the new types of Ransomware attacks and dived deep into strategies on how to protect your IAM . Our expert speakers Kevin Vandias, Managing Consultant at Mandiant, Len Noe, Technical Evangelist at CyberArk, and KeyData Cyber, Chief of Technology Brian Read shared actionable insights on implementing robust security measures against evolved Ransomware.
Modernizing Identity to Address Complexities of Campus Populations: Virtual CISO Roundtable
KeyData Cyber and SailPoint partnered up to bring you a comprehensive webinar where we delved into the importance of modern identity security and how it can protect students, professors, and employees. In our CISO Roundtable, we invited cybersecurity executives from acclaimed universities like University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, and McMaster University. Moderated by KeyData Cyber Partner, Sean Landicho, the discussions at our roundtable focus on the complex campus population and how modern identity security accommodates for their dynamic user populations, sensitive data, and multiple entry-points.
Women-in-Cybersecurity (WiCYS) Carleton Chapter, “The ROI of Identity” Resource Tile & Landing Page
KeyData Cyber Managing Director, Shurouq Hijazi spoke at the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS)-Carleton University Chapter's first-ever webinar, “The ROI of Identity”. In this webinar, she dived deep on how to quantify the ROI of IAM solutions, strategies to reduce cybersecurity risks and enhance resilience, and ways to align IAM initiatives with SMART business metrics.
The IT Administrator's Ultimate Guide in IAM for Higher Education
Higher education faces unique identity challenges from student onboarding to alumni access. An effective IAM program ensures secure, compliant, and seamless experiences across the academic lifecycle. Whether your IAM program needs to be updated, migrated, or designed for the first time, this guide aims to get you started.
On-Prem to CyberArk Privilege Cloud: A CISO's Guide to Cloud Migration for Future-Proof PAM
Cloud transformation is diverse, while organizations may rush to embrace all things cloud, they're often not prepared for the real-world consequences of this decision, like regulatory compliance, team workload and cost management. With new feature sets, new tools and a different operating model requiring different security skill sets, this can be difficult to source and maintain. KeyData Cyber's Chief Technology Officer, Brian Read and CyberArk Solutions Architect, Vlaho Djurkovic discuss the why, the how and the benefits of transitioning from On-prem to CyberArk's Privilege Cloud, enabling CISOs to see the best path forward to an efficient, automated and future-proof PAM program.
Don't know
where to start?
Looking to assess your current state, map out strengths, identify gaps and design a tailored roadmap to an optimal target state IAM program?
Book your complimentary assessment workshop and get started today.
Get Started
Copyright © 2024 KeyData Cyber.
All Rights Reserved.
