We work with organizations every day that consume a number of their services from “the cloud”. For many commercial and government customers these are services like Google Apps or Zendesk. For education customers, we see a lot of Live@EDU, Google Apps and Raptor V-Soft but the list of service providers is endless.

Identity Automation is pleased to announce the release of its Web Services Server for MicrosoftLive@EDU.

Identity Automation is pleased to announce the release of its DSS systems integration adapter for Microsoft Live@EDU.

Identity Automation is pleased to announce the release of its ARMS Group Management Module.

I have been around Information Technology for 20 years and managing Privileged User Access has always been a challenge.

Identity Automation is pleased to announce the release of its DSS systems integration adapter for Google Apps.

Identity Automation is pleased to announce the release of its DSS systems integration adapter for KeepnTrack.

Identity Automation is pleased to announce the release of its DSS systems integration adapter for Zendesk.

Taking on a new solution, even one designed to lower costs, manage growing complexities, and mitigate ongoing risks, always carries a cost of ownership. This is seen in software maintenance costs, often times an increased server footprint, and even in continued staff training and keeping their skill sets current on the technology. More and more, we have to look beyond the benefit of the solution to the organization, and weigh carefully the total costs of owning the solution.

The strength of user passwords sets the bar for the strength of an organization's defenses against "bad guys" gaining access to valuable organizational resources. For that reason alone, it is of paramount importance that a best practice password policy is implemented and enforced.