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Analysis
Why CIO should put GRC on the New Year’s resolution list
GRC (Governance, Risk Management, Compliance) is one of the best-known and least understood buzzwords in IT today. As is too often the case, a variety of stakeholders have seized on the expression...
Virtual (Desktop) Identities
I recently took the chance to investigate the virtualization market a bit deeper, namely the market for Virtual Desktops as I have been used to server virtualization and the different flavors...
CapEx and OpEx – the latest thing in IT buzzwords
On the economics of Cloud Computings
Talking with IT decision makers these days, it seems that two new terms keep cropping up, namely the abbreviations “CapEx” and “OpEx”. They stand, of course, for...
No Information Security Without Identity
IT professionals often have trouble convincing the budget managers that the often costly projects in Identity and Access Management (IAM) are really necessary. That should come as no surprise,...
Show me your terrorists!
How many terrorists work for your company? Dunno? Well, see you in jail, pal!
I just came back from a meeting of the German chapter of IAPP, the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and the words of the chairman, Dr. Jyn Schultze-Melling, a lawyer with the...
How to fight „GRC Anarchy“
GRC (Governance, Risk Management, Compliance) has become a leading issue not only for IT professionals, but for senior management as well. However, it isn’t always clear who’s in...
Identity Management: Challenge Outsourcing
Outsourcing and offshoring are a fact of life in many companies, but for some, when it comes to managing user identities and access rights or enforcing rules on governance, risk management and...
Novell takes off into the Cloud
Novell has very recently announced a new product entitled "Cloud Security Services" - a comprehensive set of software that allows cloud providers to connect customers to their...
Quick Wins in Identity Management
In times of economic downturn, the pressure is on to save costs and increase efficiency. Everybody working in the IT sector will be familiar with projects being put on hold, spending frozen,...
Google's latest bombshell: the Chrome operating system!
The news from Google  hit like a bombshell. Google is launching an operating system, called Chrome OS (like its web browser). According to the press release, the system will be shipping on...
 
Services
Annual Contract
Objective, Independent, Substantial, Prospective: Kuppinger Cole Services for IT Professionals
Road to Successful Implementations
KCP has compiled its experience and the results of its research in Identity Management into a roadmap which acts as a guideline for every company investing into Identity Management.
KCP – the second opinion for you
KCP stands for neutrality. We are strictly vendor-neutral. We don’t do any implementation because we are convinced that there is an irresolvable conflict between implementing some few...
Role Analysis and Role Management
KCP's Identity Management Market Study 2006 has shown that role management is in fact still one of the most important identity-related topics for most user companies. Without a good understanding...

Reports
Vendor Report: TESIS SYSware
TESIS SYSware, part of the TESIS group, is a private company located in Munich. The group consists of three divisions that are involved in a variety of IT fields. TESIS SYSware’s (hereafter...
Product Report: Quest Single Sign-On solutions for SAP
The two products discussed here, Quest Single Sign-On for SAP GUI and ABAP and Quest Single Sign-On for NetWeaver, are Quest’s offering in the market for Single Sign-On (SSO) between Active...
Cloud Vendor Report: Amazon
Amazon is widely known as online retailer, having expanded its bookstore business to many other areas over time. Some time ago Amazon has entered the Cloud Computing market. Amazon provides a broad...
Overview Report: A GRC Reference Architecture
Governance, Risk & Compliance - these three terms, in short "GRC" are pretty widely used in these days. Unfortunately, there is great confusion in how this term is used. The reason...
Technology Report: XACML – Extensible Access Control Markup Language
This report explains XACML, an evolving standard in the field of access control. Access control in IT is of vital importance. Companies use access control technology to protect sensitive systems...
Overview Report: SAP Security – Getting the Whole Picture
SAP Security is a wide field. Most SAP Technology Experts think that SAP Security is all about authorizations, user management, roles, profiles and all that highly complicated stuff. But it is...
Cloud Vendor Report: Citrix
Citrix Systems (Citrix) is an established IT vendor which started with Terminal Server products in Windows environments, allowing users to access sessions which are running on a Windows Server...
Vendor Report: SAP
SAP is the world’s leading vendor of enterprise business systems, with a core focus on ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), but as well delivering application platforms for business processes...
 
Virtual Events
Refinement, Expansion or Replacement - How to Optimize your Investment into Identity Management
09.02. - 10.02.2010
Identity management has become part of the infrastructure in most companies today. In the meantime we all have learned, that identity management itself is much more than a single project, and that...

Events
Webinar
5 Quick Win Approaches to Achieve the Next Level of your IAM Infrastructure
09.02.2010, 16:00-17:00 CEST, 10am Eastern
IT organisations are facing an increasing pressure to reduce costs, while at the same time compliance requirements increase and management is asking for more flexible solutions to faster react on...
Webinar
Versatile Authentication - One Layer of (Strong) Authentication
09.02.2010, 17:00-18:00 CET, 11am Eastern
Versatile authentication flexibly integrates a variety of open and proprietary authentication methods into one security layer, and strongly simplifies the implementation of multiple authentication...
Webinar
Provisioning and Access Governance Trends
09.02.2010, 15:00 -16:00 CET, 10am Eastern
Provisioning and access management solutions, core applications of any identity management infrastructure, on the one hand have reached a high maturity level, and are moving down the market making...
Webinar
Access Management Tools - can they Integrate with what you have in a Lean Way?
10.02.2010, 15:00 -16:00 CET, 9am Eastern
Controlling access to information and to target applications, is the key element of a security policy. Access management includes multiple elements, such as access control, access delegation,...
Webinar
From E-SSO to a Holistic Authentication- and Authorization Strategy
10.02.2010, 16:00 - 17:00 CET, 10am Eastern
Expert panel showcasing best practices migrating to a holistic auth(z) and auth(n) strategy.
Webinar
Expanding the Reach - Identity as a Key Enabler of Customer Satisfaction through Context-aware Personalization
10.02.2010, 17:00-18:00 CET, 11am Eastern
Once having an identity management infrastructure in place, maximising this significant investment through expanding the infrastructure´s reach would be a good idea. In this webinar, we look into...
Congress
European Identity Conference 2010
04.05. - 07.05.2010 in Munich
With its world class list of speakers, a unique mix of best practices presentations, panel discussions, thought leadership statements and analyst views, EIC has become an absolute must-attend event...
Congress
CLOUD 2010
04.05. - 07.05.2010 in Munich
Kuppinger Cole are proud to announce the Cloud Computing Flagship Event for Europe: CLOUD 2010. Making Cloud Computing work for your enterprise, how to prepare for it and what the risks involved...

Podcasts
How to Easily Provide the Detailed Insight into your Systems the Auditors (and you) Need
21.01.10
Kuppinger Cole Webinar recortding
Language: English • Duration: 00:43:44 • Size 43.13 Mb
Harnessing Sun's OpenSSO Authentication and Authorization Mechanisms
14.01.10
Kuppinger Cole Webinar recording
Language: English • Duration: 01:06:04 • Size 57.6 Mb
Provisioning Trends: Schlank, voll automatisiert, kostengünstig
11.12.09
Kuppinger Cole Webinar recording
Language: Deutsch • Duration: 00:57:36 • Size 55.18 Mb
How to Start: Recertification or Active Access Controls First?
09.12.09
Kuppinger Cole Webinar recording
Language: English • Duration: 00:48:15 • Size 61.03 Mb
How to Efficiently Implement SoD Controls: Which Level Works?
09.12.09
Kuppinger Cole Webinar recording
Language: English • Duration: 00:55:13 • Size 62.15 Mb
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Identity Management by accident or design?
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