Securent’s Entitlement Management Solution version 3.1 beta is now available to customers and partners for download. The new release unviels a dramatically redesigned administrative interface to faciliate easier administration of policies and also includes a number of other key enhancements. The final release of EMS v3.1 is scheduled for the end of September. To learn more or to download the beta release, please contact your Securent account team or call 1-650-625-9400.

“Five Things the CISO Would Like their Organization to Know About the Importance of Entitlement Management”
With the explosion in the number of people interacting with the applications that fuel your business, are you able to restrict access to only those users entitled to this valuable information? Are you struggling to meet compliance requirements?

Echelon One, a leading information security research company, argues conventional Identity and Access Management products in use today are incapable of managing the entitlements necessary in today’s compliance era. Leading enterprises worldwide have turned to innovative Entitlement Management tools to address their access management requirements. This whitepaper discusses the five things CISOs and other information security executives need to know about the importance of Entitlement Management. Download Whitepaper

“Securent & PCI DSS: An Effective Way to Manage and Audit User Access Rights”

Two of the most difficult requirements within the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) are those of access restrictions and audit logging, which are requirements 7 and 10 respectively. They are simple concepts, but companies often struggle to implement them.

The Aegenis Group, a leading provider of PCI strategy consultations and training, examines these PCI compliance challenges and explores the different options available that could reduce cost, increase security, and meet corporate compliance obligations.

Specifically addressing the challenges of implementing user access restrictions and audit logging, The Aegenis Group evaluates the Securent Entitlement Management Solution for its ability to assist companies in complying with PCI requirements 7 and 10. Download Whitepaper

“The Next Wave in Identity and Access Management”

Analysts from Forrester Research discuss developing and deploying an enterprise policy framework, powered by an Entitlement Management solution, to address the security needs of critical enterprise applications. A policy management framework governs access rights, or entitlements, and delivers it as a robust infrastructure service that can be shared and leveraged across many applications. In the absence of such a policy framework, enterprises would have to embed security logic into applications and thus impact developer productivity and business agility.

In addition, organizations face increased risks and costs from managing entitlements in silos, while also rendering governance and compliance difficult, if not impossible, to achieve.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• Why traditional Identity and Access Management tools are inadequate to address today’s complex enterprise security requirements
• Why Forrester Research considers Entitlement Management a critical component of an identity-enabled infrastructure
• How to create an effective policy management framework with an Entitlement Management solution
• How Securent’s product is integrated with your applications and existing IAM and security infrastructures

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As a silver sponsor, Securent will exhibit at the Digital ID World Conference September 24th -26th in San Francisco, CA. Now in its sixth year, Digital ID World is the premier identity industry event, focusing on helping organizations manage business with identity. In addition, Securent customer The First American Corporation will present in the “Architecting and Implementing an Enterprise-wide Digital Identity Entitlement Infrastructure – From Design to Deployment” session

As a sliver sponsor, Securent will exhibit at the SharePoint Connections Conference November 5th -8th in Las Vegas, NV. SharePoint Connections is the largest independent conference for SharePoint developers and SharePoint IT professionals. This conference will feature industry experts discussing development essentials, customization techniques, developer case studies and end-to-end solutions that leverage other Microsoft technologies (including Outlook, InfoPath and Active Directory)

As a silver sponsor, Securent will exhibit at Gartner’s second annual Identity & Access Management Conference November 14th -16th in Los Angeles, CA. Over three days, attendees will discover how to design the right IAM strategy and roadmap, and how to improve security while enhancing productivity and minimizing costs.

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Policy Matters, by Bill Dettleback August 14th

The Entitlements Management market is still pretty small and emerging, and it’s great to see avenues like these blogs opening up to help gain awareness and discussion on such an important topic. I’ve been thinking a bit lately about what the term “policy” means to different stakeholders in a business. I spend a lot of time talking with customers about access management and I’ve found three basic variations on the term… Read More

From the Trenches: Why Hard-Coding Entitlements into the Application are Bad, by Jim Reavis July 31st

Without a doubt, the best part of my job as a security wonk is to listen to the war stories. Listening to how one bright but flawed person subverted several layers of security controls and stole information and usually money are very instructive. Understanding the security gaps that were exploited, how the forensics investigators cracked the case and the resultant control changes are like getting thousands of dollars of free consulting for the price of a single tall latte… Read More

“Five Things the CISO Would Like their Organization to Know About the Importance of Entitlement Management”

“Securent & PCI DSS: An Effective Way to Manage and Audit User Access Rights ”

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Securent will be hosting a 3-part webinar series starting in October. Stay tuned!