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KuppingerCole’s Advisory Notes are short reports that present information about a specific topic, company, or product. Advisory Notes are published on a regular basis and are aimed at the management of a company. An Advisory Note gives usage recommendations and helps decision makers solve specific problems.
Consumer Identity and Access Management for “Know Your Customer”
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Consumer Identity and Access Management for “Know Your Customer”
Consumer Identity and Access Management systems and services provide new technical capabilities for organizations to know their customers better. Implementing CIAM can provide better user...
Information Stewardship in the Age of Blockchain
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Information Stewardship in the Age of Blockchain
Blockchain seems to be one of the most important basic technologies of emerging business models and countless entrepreneurial initiatives using it have been started in the recent past. This...
Identity in IoT
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Identity in IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a computing concept that describes a future where everyday physical objects are connected to the Internet and communicate with other devices and human users. Adding...
The Blockchain and Life Management Platforms
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The Blockchain and Life Management Platforms
The core features of blockchains - decentralization and algorithmic consensus – can enable the creation of Life Management Platforms (LMPs) with better security and availability, as well as promote...
Rising to the Security Challenge of Heavy Cloud Adoption
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Rising to the Security Challenge of Heavy Cloud Adoption
Many enterprises have decided on a “cloud first” strategy, or have seen heavy cloud adoption evolve spontaneously as their business units embrace cloud for cost savings, agility or other...
KRIs and KPI for Access Governance
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KRIs and KPI for Access Governance
This report provides selected Key Risk Indicators (KRI) for the area of Access Governance. These indicators are easy to measure and provide organizations with a quick overview of the relevant risks...
KYC as an Enabler in the Financial Services Business Transformation
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KYC as an Enabler in the Financial Services Business Transformation
The Financial Services Industry (FSI) is undergoing unprecedented evolutionary and revolutionary change. FSIs need to transform their business models to respond to today’s challenges and to...
Blockchain Impact on the Financial Industry
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Blockchain Impact on the Financial Industry
The Financial industry is estimated to spend over US$1bn on Blockchain projects over the next two years. This report provides an overview of impact Blockchain is having within the Financial...
Integrating security into an agile DevOps paradigm
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Integrating security into an agile DevOps paradigm
Developing secure and robust applications and deploying them continuously and cost effectively? All organizations, digital or those undergoing a digital transformation, are facing these challenges...
Enterprise role management done right
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Enterprise role management done right
Role-based access control (RBAC) has become an important part of Access Management and Access Governance. However, defining, implementing and maintaining an enterprise role model remains a...
EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
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EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
Operational resilience is essential for every organization embracing digital transformation to ensure that all business IT systems are able to resist and recover from any type of disruption,...
2022 IAM Reference Architecture
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2022 IAM Reference Architecture
IAM has been one of the central security infrastructures for many years. The changing role and importance of digital identities lead to fundamental changes in IAM architectures. The challenges for...