Glossary
Clarifying Key Concepts in Cloud PAM, CIEM, and Zero Trust Access and much more for Robust Defense
Explore the fundamental differences between Just-in-Time (JIT) Access, a dynamic and secure approach, and static Birthright Access
Understand Birthright Access: Automatic, baseline permissions granted upon joining an organization
Understand Key Rotation: Regularly changing cryptographic keys and credentials to boost security, minimize risk, and ensure continuous compliance
Understand Machine Identity Management: Secure and govern the digital identities of non-human entities, crucial for modern IT security and operations.
Discover Database Access Management: Secure, control, and audit who accesses your critical data, ensuring compliance and robust data protection
Discover Fine-Grained Access: precise, context-aware permissions for enhanced security, compliance, and granular control over data access
Learn about time-based access: automatically granting and revoking permissions based on predefined schedules for stronger security.
Learn about temporary access: limited duration, limited scope permissions for better security, and controlled data access.
FedRAMP: The U.S. government's stringent program for securing cloud services, ensuring robust data protection for federal agencies
SOC 2: An audit standard for service organizations, ensuring robust security, availability, and privacy controls for customer data
DPDPA: India's new digital data protection law, safeguarding personal data and outlining strict obligations for businesses
GDPR: The EU's robust data privacy law protecting personal data and empowering individuals, with global impact on businesses
Understand HIPAA: The U.S. law protecting sensitive patient health information, mandating privacy and security for healthcare data
The U.S. agency crafting essential cybersecurity standards and frameworks, guiding organizations to manage risk and boost digital defenses.
Understand SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act): The U.S. law protecting investors by mandating financial reporting and internal controls for public companies
Prevent fraud & error with Separation of Duties (SoD). Split critical tasks among different people to boost security, compliance, and trust.
Learn how inactive or dormant but enabled user accounts can become backdoors, enabling unauthorized access and compliance violations
Orphaned accounts are hidden dangers. Uncover the serious security and compliance risks of digital identities left active with no current user
The modern security framework that eliminates implicit trust, requiring continuous verification for every access request, regardless of user or device
The fundamental security principle of granting only the minimum necessary access rights, reducing risk and containing potential breaches
Security challenges posed by non-human identities like applications and AI Agents, including privilege escalation, data breaches etc
Digital entities like applications, services, AI Agents that require identity and access management, crucial for enterprise security and compliance
Grants temporary, time-limited, and purpose-specific access to sensitive resources, minimizing risk and enforcing true Least Privilege
The critical identity lifecycle processes for securely provisioning and de-provisioning access for all users, vital for security and compliance
Ensuring all access rights align with organizational policies, security needs, compliance regulations and providing auditability and control.
The framework for overseeing and ensuring that identity and access policies align with business needs, security , and regulatory requirements
The discipline for continuously assessing, managing, and improving the security configuration and risk of an organization's entire identity landscape
Identity Governance and Administration is a framework that manages and controls user identities and their access rights within an organization
The critical cybersecurity discipline that secures, monitors, and manages highly sensitive accounts and their access to an org's most valuable assets.
Discover the Model Context Protocol : A crucial standard for secure and controlled communication between AI models
Understand IAM: The foundation that ensures only authorized users and entities can access an organization's critical resources and data
Agentic AI (Artificial Intelligence) refers to AI systems designed to take autonomous action to achieve a specified goal
Access Management is the cybersecurity discipline that governs who, eg users, applications, devices, machine identities can access what resources