Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of October 6; American Express, Blameless, Yubico, and More

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy identity management and information security news for the week of October 6. This curated list features identity management and information security vendors such as American Express, Blameless, Yubico, and more.

Keeping tabs on all the most relevant identity management and information security news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last month, in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy identity management and information security news items.

Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of October 6

American Express “First Card Issuer” to Pilot Facial and Fingerprint Recognition for Online Checkouts

This week, American Express announced it is adding facial and fingerprint recognition to SafeKey to “help prevent fraud and create a simple and intuitive online checkout process.” The company is potentially the first card issuer to roll out these biometric features through a new pilot program. Now, when using a device that supports facial or fingerprint recognition, select U.S. Card Members that checkout with SafeKey will be prompted to enable these biometric features. SafeKey offers enhanced safety and ease to online transactions, making ID checks “stronger, speedier, and more intuitive.”

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Appfire Announces Participation in the Data Privacy Framework Program

Appfire, a global provider of cybersecurity solutions, announced it has been included on the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) participants’ list, maintained by the International Trade Administration (ITA) within the US Department of Commerce. Ongoing participation in the program by Appfire’s US entities listed among DPF participants signifies to partners, customers, vendors, and employees that Appfire has reliable mechanisms for personal data transfers to the United States from the European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK), and Switzerland while ensuring data protection that is consistent with EU, UK, and Swiss law.

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ManageEngine Launches New Cloud-Native Identity Platform, Identity360

ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation, this week announced the launch of Identity360, its cloud-native identity management platform that addresses identity and access management (IAM) complexities arising within enterprise workforces. ManageEngine also announced the addition of access certification and identity risk assessment functions to ADManager Plus, its on-premises identity governance and administration (IGA) solution. These two functions enhance the compliance posture of enterprises and help them mitigate security risks.

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Blameless Introduces Comms Assistant, “First” Generative AI-Powered Incident Communications

Blameless, an incident management solutions provider, is thrilled to announce the release of Comms Assistant. This Generative AI feature is the first in a series of advanced AI capabilities integrated within the Blameless Platform. Comms Assistant allows customers to seamlessly integrate their existing OpenAI subscriptions, ensuring their data is exclusively associated and trained on their OpenAI account. Comms Assistant and the subsequent functionalities are included in the Blameless platform and will be available to all users from October 23rd.

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Concentric AI Introduces “Industry’s First” Data Lineage Functionality in a DSPM Solution

Concentric AI, a data security posture management (DSPM) solutions provider, announced this week that its Semantic Intelligence DSPM solution now offers data lineage functionality for organizations to better protect their data. Data lineage allows organizations to understand how data flows across their environment and who has access and has accessed it, in order to address risks associated with inappropriate access, inaccurate entitlements and risky sharing, as well as ensure effective data management. Organizations can make better business decisions from data protection to data management by understanding data’s entire journey and identifying redundant processes or changes that might affect risk to sensitive data. In the event of a data breach, understanding data lineage can help organizations quickly identify the source of the breach and the affected data, accelerate response time, and improve damage control.

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Tenable Completes Acquisition of Ermetic

Tenable, an exposure management solutions provider, announced it has closed its acquisition of Ermetic, Ltd. (“Ermetic”), a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) company. The combination of Tenable and Ermetic offerings will add capabilities to both the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform and the Tenable Cloud Security solution to deliver “market-leading” contextual risk visibility, prioritization and remediation across infrastructure and identities, both on-premises and in the cloud.

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Yubico Launches FIDO Pre-reg Passwordless Onboarding Service

Yubico, a provider of hardware authentication security keys, announced the initial availability of FIDO Pre-reg, an “industry-first” capability that delivers secure and seamless passwordless onboarding and account recovery/reset from day one at scale for enterprises. Available exclusively as part of YubiEnterprise Subscription, FIDO Pre-reg “simplifies the way organizations can adopt modern, phishing-resistant MFA with a frictionless and easy user experience.” With Okta as the inaugural identity provider (IdP) partner, both companies jointly shared the news at Oktane 2023 in San Francisco earlier this week.

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Data Security Ownership: Navigating Top Challenges & Key Solutions

Ben Herzberg of Satori acts as our guide in navigating who ultimately claims data security ownership in an organization. Data security ownership involves the rights and responsibilities related to managing data security within an organization. It entails designating a person within the organization who appreciates the value of collected data and ensures its security, accuracy, and usefulness. These individuals aid in decision-making, ensure compliance, and foster a culture of responsible data management. However, pinpointing who exactly “owns” data security within a company can be complex.

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