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John Tolbert Lead Analyst & Managing Director of KuppingerCole, Inc (US)

Seattle / USA
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Background:

As Lead Analyst, John covers a number of different research areas, outlined below. John also advises cybersecurity and IAM vendors, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, regarding their product and service roadmaps.

Areas of expertise

  • Cybersecurity
    • Endpoint anti-malware protection
    • Endpoint detection and response
    • Managed security services
    • Application of AI/ML technologies for security
  • IAM
    • Strong, multi-factor, risk-adaptive authentication
    • Authorization and Federation
    • Identity analytics/intelligence
    • CIAM

John Tolbert is a Lead Analyst and Managing Director of KuppingerCole, Inc (US).

Recent blog posts

Blog

Need for Standards for Consumable Risk Engine Inputs

As cybercrime and concerns about cybercrime grow, tools for preventing and interdicting cybercrime, specifically for reducing online fraud, are proliferating in the marketplace. Many of these new tools bring real value, in that they do in fact make it harder for criminals to operate, and…

Blog

EU EBA Clarifies SCA and Implementation Exceptions

The EU European Banking Authority issued clarifications about what constitutes Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) back in late June. The definition states that two or more of the following categories are required: inherence, knowledge, and possession. These are often interpreted as…

Blog

Account Takeovers on the Rise

Account Takeover (ATO) attacks are on the rise. The  2019  Forter  Fraud Attack Index  shows a 45% increase in this type of attack on consumer identities in 2018. ATOs are just what they sound like: cybercriminals gain access to accounts through various…

Blog

How to Train Your AI to Mis-Identify Dragons

This week Skylight Cyber disclosed that they were able to fool a popular “AI”-based Endpoint Protection (EPP) solution into incorrectly marking malware as safe. While trying to reverse-engineer the details of the solution's Machine Learning (ML) engine, the researchers found…

Blog

Will the Stars Align for Libra?

This week, Facebook announced details about its cryptocurrency project, Libra. They expect it to go live for Facebook and other social media platform users sometime in 2020. The list of initial backers, the Founding Members of the Libra Association, is quite long and filled with industry…

Blog

M&A Activity in Cybersecurity and IAM

It seems almost every week in cybersecurity and IAM we read of a large company buying a smaller one. Many times, it is a big stack vendor adding something that may be missing to their catalog, or buying a regional competitor. Sometimes it’s a medium-sized technology vendor picking up…

Recent research documents

Leadership Brief

Leadership Brief: Do I need Network Threat Detection & Response (NDTR)? - 80296

NTDR products/services are getting a lot of attention at conferences and in the cybersecurity press. But does your organization need it? We’ll look at what NTDR products do, reasons to consider NTDR, and some high-level evaluation criteria regarding NTDR products.

Executive View

Executive View: Curity Identity Server - 80159

Curity AB delivers a software-based API-driven identity server for businesses that need help connecting identity infrastructure, digital services, and cloud applications. Their solution adheres to many identity standards, to promote interoperability and to make it easier for clients to…

Leadership Compass

Leadership Compass: Consumer Authentication - 80061

This report provides an overview of the market for Consumer Authentication products and services and provides you with a compass to help you to find the Consumer Authentication product or service that best meets your needs. We examine the market segment, vendor product and service…

Leadership Brief

Leadership Brief: PSD2: New business opportunities and risks - 80303

The Revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2) Regulatory Technical Specifications (RTS) take effect this autumn across the EU. The directive will provide new benefits and rights for consumers, and create new business opportunities in the financial sector. However, new opportunities also…

Executive View

Executive View: AdNovum NEVIS Security Suite - 80066

A solution for managing secure access to online services, protected assets and sensitive data. Strong authentication, a broad spectrum of access management methods, sustainable maintenance processes of identities and authorization data form the basis for secure and auditable user access to…

Recent webcasts

Webcast

Facilitating Business with State-of-the-Art Identity Proofing Solutions

For traditional or Business-to-Employee (B2E) IAM, HR departments are responsible for gathering documentation from employees to determine their suitability for employment. For Business-to-Consumer (B2C) or CIAM, identity proofing can be more difficult. Depending on the nature of the…

Webcast

How Leading Brands Build Trust With CIAM

In the age of digital transformation, consumers tend to have multiple digital identities across several devices deploying a variety of services. In this environment, digital trust is what sets brands apart from their competitors. Taking and storing customer data is a duty of care, and…

Webcast

The Compelling Case for Risk-Based Adaptive Authentication

Consumers and employees are increasingly on-the-go, and that means that more transactions and more work originates from the mobile phone. Fraud and data loss rates have also been rising. A plethora of mobile-based digital identity technologies have entered the market over the last few years…

Webcast

Getting Rid of the Password – How to Increase Safety Affordably

Despite compromised passwords being the leading cause of data breaches, most online businesses still rely on solely using passwords for logins. While getting rid of password authentication is desirable from a security standpoint, organizations fear that it is a costly endeavor that can also…

Webcast

Mitigate Identity-Related Breaches in the Era of Digital Transformation

Cyber attackers continue to be successful in gaining access to many different organizations, often by exploiting identities and weak authentication. To ensure they are protected, organizations should consider modern Adaptive Authentication techniques to increase identity security and thwart…

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Leadership Brief : Oct 23, 2019

Leadership Brief: Do I need Network Threat Detection & Response (NDTR)? - 80296

NTDR products/services are getting a lot of attention at conferences and in the…

 Blog : Oct 22, 2019

Microsoft Partnership Enables Security at Firmware Level

Microsoft has partnered with Windows PC makers to add another level of cyber attack…

 Blog : Oct 22, 2019

Can Your Antivirus Be Too Intelligent Sometimes?

Current and future applications of artificial intelligence (or should we rather stick to a…

 Blog : Oct 21, 2019

Privileged Access Management Can Take on AI-Powered Malware to Protect Identity-Based Computing

Much is written about the growth of AI in the enterprise and how, as part of digital…

 Webcast : Oct 18, 2019

Facilitating Business with State-of-the-Art Identity Proofing Solutions

For traditional or Business-to-Employee (B2E) IAM, HR departments are responsible for…