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Leadership Brief

KuppingerCole’s Leadership Brief provides condensed research and advice for executives and decision makers in organizations. These two-page documents cover business challenges and advise on how to address them, focusing on the key issues and allowing decision makers to quickly identify the right solutions.
Cyber Hygiene: The Foundation for Cyber Resilience
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Cyber Hygiene: The Foundation for Cyber Resilience
Most cyber incidents result from poor cyber hygiene. To avoid these, organizations must make sure that all the routine tasks needed to keep their systems, data, and applications safe are performed...
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Managing RDP Security Risks to Block Ransomware Attacks
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Managing RDP Security Risks to Block Ransomware Attacks
Remote working is becoming widespread for social and economic reasons, and one of the key enablers is the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). However, RDP is one of the most popular initial cyber-attack...
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EU NIS2 Directive
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EU NIS2 Directive
Every organization needs to take steps to ensure their cyber resilience and this updated directive provides a useful framework for this. This report provides a summary of the technical obligations...
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Guide to Implementing Decentralized ID
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Guide to Implementing Decentralized ID
Because the Identity Fabric describes a set of connected enabling IT components that work together as a single entity rather than a concrete tool, there are infinite possible implementations of an...
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The Information Protection Life Cycle and Framework: Secure
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The Information Protection Life Cycle and Framework: Secure
The modern economy is driven by information. Digital Transformation is made possible by information. But most forms of information must be protected to create and maintain value. The Information...
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Defending Against Ransomware
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Defending Against Ransomware
Ransomware is an epidemic and continues to evolve. More than half of all companies and other organizations have been attacked with one form or ransomware or another. A multi-layered defense is the...
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10 Top Trends in IAM
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10 Top Trends in IAM
Digital identities are at the core of Digital Transformation, Information Security and Privacy. It has never been more important for enterprises to ensure they have the capability to manage...
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Top Cyber Threats
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Top Cyber Threats
The way software is used today has clearly shifted towards "as-a-service". Classic on-premises applications are migrating more and more into the (managed) cloud and users are using hybrid scenarios...
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What to Consider When Evaluating Decentralized Identity?
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What to Consider When Evaluating Decentralized Identity?
Decentralized identity solutions that meet a range of enterprise use cases are on the market. Being a discerning consumer means knowing the right questions to ask. This Leadership Brief guides you...
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The Business Value of Decentralized Identity
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The Business Value of Decentralized Identity
Decentralized identity and self-sovereign identity (SSI) are some of the most promising solutions using blockchain technology. The value for individual users is clear, bringing them privacy and...
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