For Security & Risk Professionals

The Forrester Wave™: Identity And Access Management, Q4 2009

Oracle, CA, And IBM Lead, With Novell And Sun Microsystems Close Behind

by Andras Cser, November 3, 2009

In Forrester's 79-criteria evaluation of identity and access management (IAM) vendors, we found that Oracle, CA, and IBM lead the pack because of a rich IAM portfolio (both organically developed and acquired), an understanding of a rapidly changing market, . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

SOA Security 2009: Products And Specifications

Selecting Standards, Specifications, And Products For SOA Security

by Randy Heffner, August 20, 2009

As enterprise architects set their organization's strategy for service-oriented architecture (SOA) security, they will have to filter through a variety of standards, emerging specifications, and products that can contribute features and functions for . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

IT Compliance: From Painful To Pleasant

by Khalid Kark, July 31, 2009

With increasing workforce mobility and the extension of the business supply chain globally, organizations are struggling to keep up with increasing corporate and regulatory compliance requirements. Regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

EA: Incorporate Enterprise Role Management Into Your Architecture Strategy

by Henry Peyret, July 15, 2009

Adoption of enterprise role management tools is increasing dramatically as a result of compliance and cost pressures. Enterprise role management tools simplify the provisioning and deprovisioning of employee and contractor access to resources, enabling . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

IT Security's Critical Role During Layoffs

How To Safeguard Company Data In Difficult Times

by Andrew Jaquith, July 2, 2009

The Gateway Recession of 2009 has brought the prospect of slowing sales and profits — and job losses. Although layoffs are never desirable, they are often necessary. Much of the responsibility for keeping company data safe during layoffs falls to security . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Market Overview: Enterprise Role Management

Access Recertification And Role Management Converge, Integrate With Provisioning

by Andras Cser, February 6, 2009

Enterprise role management, role mining, and access recertification help enterprises with maintaining segregation of duties, keeping up with regulatory compliance requirements, and automating role-based provisioning to enterprise applications — even through . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Top Data Security Predictions For 2009

Economic Turmoil Will Increase Need For Surveillance, Data Protection Tools

by Andrew Jaquith, Natalie Lambert, January 9, 2009

The economic turmoil in the United States will have resounding consequences for security and risk professionals in 2009. The prospect of laying off an additional 1.4 million workers means that CISOs will clamor for data protection tools to keep their . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Hot Companies To Watch: Q4 Update

Profiles Of Emerging Companies And Technology Trends That Tech Vendors Need To Know About

by Chris Andrews, December 19, 2008

In this series, we highlight interesting new vendors and important technology trends. At Forrester, we've seen a strong interest in emerging technologies among our strategist clients as vendors seek to stay innovative and identify the "next big thing" . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Inquiry Spotlight: Identity And Access Management, Q4 2008

by Andras Cser, October 6, 2008

Identity and access management (IAM) continues to be a major topic of interest for security professionals. Between July 2007 and June 2008, Forrester's security and risk management team fielded 1,798 inquiries on a variety of topics — 291 of which were . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Best Practices: Enterprise Role Management

by Andras Cser, September 30, 2008

Enterprise role management plays a central role in efficiently managing access rights and enforcing access policies such as segregation of duties (SoD). The processes and tools related to role management consist of role mining and design, recertification, . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™: Identity And Access Management, Q2 2008

Market Seeks Solutions That Support Business And IT Flexibility And Compliance

by Andras Cser, June 18, 2008

Identity and access management (IAM) continues to be a fragmented field of disjointed technologies with difficult and expensive implementation cycles and even more costly efforts in the wake of bad technology decisions. Products that give quick answers . . .