Identity governance and administration (IGA) capabilities provide “a centralized view of who has access, who provided the access, and who has access for how long,” explains the report. IGA is critical to moving toward Zero Trust and preventing threat actors from moving laterally in an environment. IGA also helps organizations provide users with the entitlements they need, fulfill compliance requirements, complete audits.

“Growing numbers of users, devices, entitlements, and environments create a larger, more vulnerable attack surface. That’s why security-first leaders in government financial services, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and more rely on RSA Governance & Lifecycle to manage and secure more than 13 trillion entitlements across cloud and on-premise IT environments and successfully implement Zero Trust strategies.” said RSA CEO Rohit Ghai.

“Being named a KuppingerCole IGA Overall, Product, Market, and Innovation Leader for six consecutive years underscores the core features that have always been central to RSA Governance & Lifecycle as well as the innovations that we’ve continued bringing to the solution,” said RSA Chief Product and Technology Officer Jim Taylor. “By bringing new features like gamification to make compliance processes more engaging to advanced dashboards that help analysts triage high-priority risks, RSA is continuing to bring innovations to market that help our customers defend a growing attack surface.”

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“Protecting critical infrastructure, maintaining election security, and defending against increasing nation-state attacks demand security-first solutions,” said RSA CEO Rohit Ghai. “That’s why 13 of 15 executive departments and hundreds of local agencies depend on RSA to secure everything from remote work to classified operations, and we’ll expand on that trust through the new solutions we’re bringing to market exclusively with Swissbit.”

“The combination of our technologies will enable organizations to implement strong, phishing resistant authentication mechanisms that are not only user-friendly but also highly resilient to modern cyberattacks,” said Silvio Muschter, CEO of Swissbit AG.

“With federal agencies required to meet anti-phishing requirements by the end of the fiscal year, the new RSA and Swissbit partnership will provide government agencies, systems integrators, and contractors a secure, extensible, end-to-end solution to meet EO14028, OMB M-22-09, OMB M-24-14, enhance phishing resistance, and make progress on broader Zero Trust mandates,” said RSA Federal President Kevin Orr.

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“The worst attacks demand the best defenses. That’s why security-first leaders have trusted RSA for decades to defend them from the most damaging cyberattacks. By working with a leader like Swissbit, we can expand our unified identity platform and deliver innovations like the RSA iShield Key 2 that provide a broader range of capabilities, all fortified by the security depth unique to RSA,” said Rohit Ghai, CEO, RSA.

“To secure their operations and stay operational, leaders in finance, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing need strong, phishing resistant capabilities built to enable users and resist modern attacks. Together, Swissbit and RSA are bringing those innovations to the private sector organizations that need them most,” said Silvio Muschter, CEO of Swissbit AG.

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“The federal government’s push for modern authentication and Zero Trust are essential to securing critical infrastructure and staying ahead of adversaries,” said RSA CEO Rohit Ghai. “We are trusted by public sector organizations around the globe and are thrilled to enhance our partnerships with federal agencies here in the United States to provide intuitive and secure access for America’s cyber-workforce.”

“The FIDO2 certified, device-bound passkey from RSA is a significant asset for federal agencies striving to meet the presidential mandate and the FY2024 deadline,” said RSA Federal President Kevin Orr. “More than checking a box, RSA can bring decades of security-first pedigree and a unified, scalable, user-friendly solution that can enhance collaboration for the public sector.”

“Carahsoft relies on RSA to secure our own identities. That allows us to see the security depth that RSA solutions bring firsthand, and it’s why we’re thrilled to partner with RSA as they continue bringing more innovations to market that can help federal agencies meet the presidential mandate,” said Eric Goycochea, Sales Director at Carahsoft.

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“RSA is prioritizing Southeast Asia as a strategic market,” said RSA CEO Rohit Ghai. “Unmet market demand for security-first solutions and our growing success with local organisations persuaded RSA to make significant investments in the region and continue helping more leaders deploy a unified identity platform.”

“Moving to the cloud can either be great for your business, or it can be great for cybercriminals,” said RSA Chief Product and Technology Officer Jim Taylor. “To operate in the cloud securely, organisations need to account for the new risks that it introduces and deploy the security-first solutions needed to protect all users, devices, and entitlements across all environments.”

“RSA has seen significant growth in the 30 years we’ve worked in Singapore, and our local partners have helped accelerate market demand for our SaaS solutions,” said Charles Lim, Director – Commercial & Channels, APAC. “This investment will build on that momentum while helping organisations across Southeast Asia operate securely and effectively in the cloud.”

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The 2024 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass: Identity Fabrics comes at a key moment in cybersecurity. More organizations than ever have adopted multi-factor authentication (MFA), which is a critical cybersecurity component but insufficient as a singular defense against emerging threats. Recent data breaches—including the ransomware attack that reportedly cost MGM Resorts $100 million, the Colonial Pipeline breach, and the theft of access tokens—indicate that rather than attack MFA, cybercriminals target other phases in the identity lifecycle.

Those attacks validate KuppingerCole’s conclusion that a paradigm shift has transformed identity, and that vendors must be assessed on their capacity to deliver an end-to-end identity security platform to defend themselves from attacks. “The formerly classic corporate network with clearly defined ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ has given way to a massively hybrid, new IT reality,” the report notes. Given that shift, the report adds that identity and access management (IAM) “has emerged as the essential security infrastructure from which enterprises can facilitate new services, models, and forms of cooperation,” and that managing “identities and permissions in digital transformation is the key to security, governance, and audit,” as well as “system usability and user satisfaction.”

“KuppingerCole’s analysis showcases the centrality of identity in assuring cybersecurity and recognizes the market shift towards broader identity platforms. We continue to believe that—in addition to breadth—depth in security capability will be vital, and the future belongs to security-first identity platforms,” said RSA CEO Rohit Ghai. “The KuppingerCole Identity Fabrics Leadership Compass gives identity its due, validates the RSA Unified Identity Platform, and recognizes the progress RSA continues to make delivering authentication, access, governance, and lifecycle capabilities to security-first leaders.”

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NIST CSF 2.0 provides public and private sector organizations with the best practices needed to refine their cybersecurity architecture and defend themselves from the most frequent and highest-impact attacks. Specifically, CSF 2.0 addresses a threat landscape now dominated by identity-driven threats and makes extensive recommendations to counteract them.

“NIST CSF 2.0 makes it clear that, no matter the size and no matter the sector, every organization is only as secure as its identities,” said RSA CEO Rohit Ghai. “The most recent framework represents a new gold standard for developing cyber resilience in the age of AI, demonstrates why every organization needs a unified identity platform to account for an extended threat landscape, and details how all organizations can implement those recommendations to adapt to far more dangerous threats.”

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During his remarks, Rohit will explain how new government policies create a higher cybersecurity standard for both the public and private sectors, discuss the emerging risks and successful cyberattacks that have compelled the creation of those new standards, and detail the capabilities that the private sector must prioritize to address emerging threats.

“When it comes to protecting critical infrastructure, cybersecurity can’t be a privilege reserved for the few, but an inalienable right shared by everyone,” said RSA CEO Rohit Ghai. “To stay ahead of adversaries, secure the integrity of our elections, and build a safer world, our industry must work in close partnership with the public sector, prioritize security, embrace open standards, and reflect on why so many purported cybersecurity vendors are being breached by threat actors.”

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“The new EAM integration will expand on our existing partnership with Microsoft and help even more security-first leaders protect their organizations,” said RSA CEO Rohit Ghai. “EAM will allow more organizations to leverage RSA’s deep security expertise to keep their data, resources, and applications secure.”

“We’re thrilled to announce the integration of Entra ID External Authentication Methods with RSA, one of the leading MFA vendors in the market,” said Natee Pretikul, Principal Product Management Lead, Microsoft Security. “This integration will provide our customers with even more flexibility and choice when it comes to securing their systems against the rising threat of phishing attacks.”

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RSA, the security-first identity leader, today announced strategic investments to help Japanese public and private organizations adapt to emerging cybersecurity threats and meet the recommendations detailed in the General Policy for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure.

At the request of its customers and following a nearly 3X growth in Identity as a Service (IDaaS) deal volume year-over-year, RSA will build on its more than 25 years of success in the country with new investments that will provide Japanese private and public organizations with the tools and security solutions they need to protect their data.

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