Identity management

Astronomer Announces Collaboration with Microsoft, Offering Fully Managed Apache Airflow for Microsoft Azure Customers

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO and CINCINNATI, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Astronomer, a provider of modern data orchestration, today announced that its Astro platform is now available as Apache Airflow™ on Astro – an Azure Native ISV Service. Astro enables companies to place Airflow at the core of their data operations, providing ease of use, scalability, and enterprise-grade security, to ensure the reliable delivery of mission-critical data pipelines. As a first-class managed service in the Azure Portal, developers can create an Airflow instance with just a few clicks, access an extensive library of pre-built integrations, and easily coordinate all data operations from Astro's unified data platform.

Key Points: 
  • With Astro's streamlined integration on Azure, organizations can effortlessly deploy, monitor, and scale Apache Airflow workflows.
  • "Astronomer's integration with Microsoft Azure makes Astro more readily available to power critical business applications," said Andy Byron, CEO at Astronomer.
  • This allows them to swiftly initiate, write, and deploy DAGs without prior Airflow experience – providing an effortless gateway to managed Airflow.
  • "Using Astro's Apache Airflow offering on Microsoft Azure has modernized our data operations.

IANS Research and Artico Search Unveil Annual Security Organization and Compensation Report

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, IANS Research and Artico Search released their 2023 Security Organization and Compensation Benchmark Report, an annual research study that analyzes security organization planning across revenue segments and industries. This year, a total of 1,195 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), functional department leaders, and other staff provided survey data that demonstrated a positive correlation between revenue and a security organization's size and complexity. The report found:

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, IANS Research and Artico Search released their 2023 Security Organization and Compensation Benchmark Report , an annual research study that analyzes security organization planning across revenue segments and industries.
  • The report found:
    Fortune firms with annual revenues exceeding $6B generally operate large and specialized security organizations with four or more management layers, often with a global CISO overseeing the company-wide security organization.
  • IANS and Artico Search fielded its annual CISO Compensation and Budget survey in April 2023.
  • For the security practitioner caught between rapidly evolving threats and demanding executives, IANS Research is a clear-headed resource for making decisions and articulating risk.

IDaaS Market worth $21.4 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Technologies like AI enable SSO systems to track user activity constantly during a session, guaranteeing that only authorized users can access secured resources.

Key Points: 
  • Technologies like AI enable SSO systems to track user activity constantly during a session, guaranteeing that only authorized users can access secured resources.
  • By deployment type, private cloud segment is expected to grow at a highest CAGR during the forecast period.
  • ·  To increase security and compliance, IDaaS provides strong identity and access management, including multifactor authentication and adaptive access controls.
  • ·  To describe and forecast the global IDaaS Market by component, deployment type, vertical, and region.

IDaaS Market worth $21.4 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Technologies like AI enable SSO systems to track user activity constantly during a session, guaranteeing that only authorized users can access secured resources.

Key Points: 
  • Technologies like AI enable SSO systems to track user activity constantly during a session, guaranteeing that only authorized users can access secured resources.
  • By deployment type, private cloud segment is expected to grow at a highest CAGR during the forecast period.
  • ·  To increase security and compliance, IDaaS provides strong identity and access management, including multifactor authentication and adaptive access controls.
  • ·  To describe and forecast the global IDaaS Market by component, deployment type, vertical, and region.

NTT Unveils Five Trends That Will Dominate the Cybersecurity Landscape in 2024

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

As a global innovator, NTT Corporation (NTT) has been at the forefront of the cybersecurity industry’s evolution this past year and today, NTT has announced five key trends the company expects to have a far-reaching impact on the security landscape in 2024 and beyond.

Key Points: 
  • As a global innovator, NTT Corporation (NTT) has been at the forefront of the cybersecurity industry’s evolution this past year and today, NTT has announced five key trends the company expects to have a far-reaching impact on the security landscape in 2024 and beyond.
  • Security for the Age of AI – AI promises to impact both cybercriminal behavior and cybersecurity strategies in 2024.
  • However, AI will also impact cybersecurity strategies and technologies by enhancing detection and analysis capabilities, improving the response to disinformation, phishing, malware and anomalous behavior.
  • Cybersecurity professionals have also found generative AI helpful to automate some tasks, data analysis and vulnerability research.

Frontegg Forward™: Customer Identity becomes the nerve center and growth engine of SaaS

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Frontegg, the premier customer identity and access management platform for modern SaaS, unveils Frontegg Forward™. This fundamental leap ahead transforms how SaaS companies approach customer identity, positioning it as a central hub for growth and innovation. The updated platform introduces four innovations aimed at streamlining user management, bolstering security, and offering predictive insights – essentials for the next decade of SaaS growth.

Key Points: 
  • MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Frontegg , the premier customer identity and access management platform for modern SaaS, unveils Frontegg Forward™.
  • This fundamental leap ahead transforms how SaaS companies approach customer identity, positioning it as a central hub for growth and innovation.
  • The Frontegg platform saves these app builders precious time in handling complex customer identity use cases within their apps, through its no-code and self-service embedded capabilities.
  • The Forward platform expansion moves identity and access management toward its ultimate role” as the nerve center and growth engine of a SaaS application.

AU10TIX Recognized as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner® Market Guide for Identity Verification

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AU10TIX, a global technology leader in identity verification and management, today announced that it has been acknowledged as a Representative Vendor in the latest Gartner Market Guide for Identity Verification.

Key Points: 
  • AU10TIX was recognized among other identity verification vendors that, according to the Market Guide, represent the core, extension, and transformation of the market.
  • Gartner states in the Market Guide: "Identity verification helps deliver security, compliance and trust across use cases.
  • The Market Guide also emphasizes the broad scope of identity verification use cases in today's digital interactions.
  • Gartner, Market Guide for Identity Verification, Akif Khan, Robertson Pimentel, Sean ONeill, Swati Rakheja, 7 Septembere 2023.

Cerby Releases "Threat Briefing: Social Media Security and Elections Volume II," Providing a Detailed Analysis of Security Gaps in Social Media Platforms

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cerby, the comprehensive access management platform for nonstandard applications, today announced its newest report, Threat Briefing: Social Media Security and Elections Volume II, a year-over-year analysis and research into social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube across six key security parameters. This is the second annual report on this topic, following the research conducted by Cerby in 2022. The report provides detailed insights into gaps in social media platform support for enterprise-grade authentication and authorization and the critical need for best practices for businesses and political leaders to secure their accounts, particularly during elections.

Key Points: 
  • Cerby's researchers scored each platform's security on a scale of 0 to 5.
  • Security categories included 2FA methods, enterprise-grade authentication and authorization, role-based access control (RBAC), privacy, enterprise-ready security, and account usage profiling.
  • Platforms designated with a score of 0 do not support security controls or do not have a public roadmap to implement them.
  • In this year's report, Cerby added YouTube and removed Reddit to align the evaluation with the current top social media platforms.

BIO-key International Announces Closing of $3.75 Million Public Offering

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Each unit was sold at a public offering price of $0.175.

Key Points: 
  • Each unit was sold at a public offering price of $0.175.
  • The warrants will be immediately exercisable at a price of $0.175 per share and will expire five years from the date of issuance.
  • Gross proceeds, before deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses, were approximately $3.75 million.
  • A final prospectus relating to the offering was filed with the SEC on October 31, 2023 and is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

BIO-key International Announces Pricing of $3.75 Million Public Offering

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Monday, October 30, 2023

Each unit is being sold at a public offering price of $0.175.

Key Points: 
  • Each unit is being sold at a public offering price of $0.175.
  • Gross proceeds, before deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $3.75 million.
  • The offering is expected to close on October 31, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.
  • The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, which is a part of the effective registration statement.