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Warwick Ashford Senior Analyst

London / UK
Email    @Warwick_Ashford   

Warwick Ashford is a Senior Analyst who researches cybersecurity and identity-related topics, including emerging technologies and trends.

He has been writing IT news and analysis as a journalist and editor since 2003, specialising in cybersecurity and privacy since 2012.

Warwick has also worked as a freelance radio producer and broadcast journalist, writing and presenting news bulletins on national radio for the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

Recent blog posts

Blog

EIC Speaker Spotlight: Gerald Horst on Effective Integration of Marketing, CRM, and Customer Identity and Access Management

Gerald Horst, PwC’s Digital Identity team leader in EMEA, is to deliver a presentation entitled Modernizing the Customer Journey at the European Identity and Cloud Conference 2021 . To give you sneak preview of what to expect, we asked Gerald some questions about his planned…

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EIC Speaker Spotlight: Jackson Shaw on Identity and the Rise of Platforms

Jackson Shaw, technology sector veteran and Chief Strategy Officer at Identity Access Management firm Clear Skye, is to deliver a keynote presentation entitled Identity and the Rise of Platforms at the European Identity and Cloud Conference 2021 .…

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Microsoft Acquires Nuance to Drive AI-Based Workplace Innovation

Cloud, AI software, and voice recognition firm Nuance is Microsoft’s latest strategic acquisition aimed at putting the tech giant in a strong position to shape healthcare and workplace applications of the future. Microsoft has agreed to acquire Nuance for around $19bn and the deal is…

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Elements of a Disaster Operations Plan

If anyone in any organization was in any doubt about the importance of having a Disaster Operations Plan, that has surely changed since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some organizations have coped better than others, but every organization should either be working on developing a…

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The New Normal Post Covid-19

As soon as national lockdowns began to limit the spread of Covid-19 it was clear that the world would never be the same again, and last week’s Microsoft Build conference has highlighted what some of those changes will be, starting with the event itself being fully virtual for the…

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Working Securely at Home During the Pandemic

As more people are working from home than ever before, there is an increasing demand for communication services. But security needs to be a key consideration as businesses adapt to a new way of working, as my colleagues John Tolbert , Matthias Reinwarth , and Alexei Balaganski have…

Recent research documents

Buyer's Compass

IT Service Management

IT Service Management (ITSM) refers to comprehensive solutions that support IT management capabilities to help organizations to optimize the design, delivery, support, use and governance of IT. This KuppingerCole Buyer's Compass will provide you with questions to ask vendors, criteria to…

Leadership Compass

IT Service Management

This report provides an overview of the market for IT Service Management (ITSM) and provides you with a compass to help you to find the solution that best meets your needs. We examine the market segment, vendor service functionality, relative market share, and innovative approaches to…

Executive View

Cysiv SOCaaS

Cysiv SOCaaS is a Security Operations Center (SOC) as a Service offering based on Cysiv's cloud-native, co-managed platform that is highly scalable, supports multi-tenancy, and ingests telemetry from any source that generates logs.

Market Compass

SOC as a Service

The KuppingerCole Market Compass provides an overview of the product or service offerings in a certain market segment.  This Market Compass covers the Security Operations Center-as-a-Service (SOCaaS) market that has emerged and continues to develop in response to demand for security…

Executive View

BMC Helix ITSM

BMC Helix ITSM is flexible, scalable and secure IT Service Management application built on top of a no-code platform enables organizations create their own custom apps. BMC Helix ITSM can be deployed on-prem, in the cloud, and a combination of the two. It is also available as a managed service.


Recent videos

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Analyst Chat #62: The SOCaaS Market Segment - A First Look

The Security Operations Center-as-a-Service (SOCaaS) market has emerged and continues to develop in response to demand for security monitoring, analysis, detection, response, and improvement recommendations either instead of or as a supplement to permanent on-premises SOCs. KuppingerCole…

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Analyst Chat #46: Business Resilience Management Part II

Warwick Ashford and Matthias Reinwarth talk about business resilience again, focusing on cyber supply chain risk management.

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Analyst Chat #44: Business Resilience Management

Warwick Ashford and Matthias Reinwarth discuss the prerequisites and challenges of making a business able to adapt quickly to risks and disruptions.  

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Analyst Chat #29: Getting Rid of the Password

Warwick Ashford and Matthias Reinwarth discuss the standards, technologies and organizational changes needed to finally get rid of the password-based authentication once and for all.

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Workforce Continuity in a Time of Crisis

It is not only in times of crisis like the current coronavirus pandemic that companies need to adapt and respond quickly to changing circumstances to provide workers with remote access and deal with onboarding and deprovisioning contingent workers. Continually changing and increasing…

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 Blog : Jul 28, 2021

Microsoft further strengthens Identity and Security offerings by CloudKnox Security acquisition

Microsoft last week announced another acquisition, a few days after announcing the…

 Webcast : Jul 26, 2021

Analyst Chat #86: Zero Trust Means Zero Blind Spots

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 Blog : Jul 22, 2021

EIC Speaker Spotlight: Dr. Barbara Mandl & Dr. Angelika Steinacker on the Women in Identity Workshop

Women in Identity exists to foster new relationships and mentorship between women in…

 Blog : Jul 22, 2021

EIC Speaker Spotlight: Doc Searls on Decentralized Identity

Doc Searls, Co-founder and board member of Customer Commons, and Director of ProjectVRM,…