Identity Matters - May 2023

The Identity world remains the foundation and core of security & risk management. Here are this month’s IAM highlights, because Identity Matters.

Industry Highlights

CISA, NSA Issue 31-page document on IAM Best Practice Guidelines

Complete perimeter protection prevents pain. The CISA and NSA have released a joint document outlining the most advisable investments against emergent threats including identity governance, environmental hardening, identity federation, and IAM monitoring/auditing. Read the full details

SC Media Outlines How to Keep Up IAM Momentum in New Infographic

Don’t let your IAM dreams stay dreams. SC Media has a fresh list of ways your enterprise can keep up the pace on improving your identity and access management. Their insights on IAM strategy, effective implementation, and worthwhile investments can help steer your enterprise back on track to achieving your goals. Check out the full list

Sysco Customer and Employee Data Exposed in Data Breach

This is why active monitoring is so important, especially if you’re an international food distributor. On May 3rd, Sysco sent out a notice to the 120k+ affected users that their information had been compromised in a cyberattack. Though Sysco only became aware of the breach on March 5th, they believe it had been going on since Jan 14th. Read more

EU Drafts Restrictive New Cybersecurity Regulations

Cloud service in the European Union may be getting more complicated for outside companies. Under a new proposal, non-EU cloud service providers would only receive an sensitive data-handling label through a minority stake in a joint venture with an EU-based company. Outside companies would only be allowed to store and process data from inside the EU itself. Read the full details here

Simeio Spotlights

Combatting Enterprise Identity Sprawl in 2023

Are your identities neatly in a row, like ducks? Or are they all over the place causing problems, like ducks? Simeio breaks down the hazards of identity sprawl, how it creeps up, how to fight it, and how to keep it from coming back. Read the full blog here

5 IAM Trends Every CISO Must Focus On

Why stay just one step ahead of bad actors when you can keep five? Simeio has identified the 5 top Identity and Access Management trends for CISOs to focus on for tighter security and improved risk posture. Check how many you are investing in here

Simeio at Gartner and IDSA

Simeio invites you to take part in two great identity events with us. Meet with our identity leaders at Gartner Security and Risk Summit from June 5th to 7th. Then tune in on June 8th from 9:00am PT/12:00pm ET for the IDSA Webinar: Optimizing IAM Infrastructure Through Program Maturity with Asif Mohamed Savvas and Aubrey Turner .