KuppingerCole Analysts

The IT environments have become complex, and this will not stop as more technologies such as Edge Computing start to take hold. Paul Fisher looks at the full scope of entitlements across today's multi-hybrid environments. He explains how this new market segment between the cloud, on-premises, privileged accounts, and DevOps has developed and what DREAM means in this context.

Europe is on a "Path to a Digital Decade", which envisions 80% of EU citizens using a digital ID card by 2030. A part of that journey will be self-sovereign identities. Research Analyst Alejandro Leal joins Matthias to continue their discussion on the digital transformation in public services. Self-sovereign identities, the new eIDAS regulation, and the impact of both on how interactions between citizens and the state will change, are a controversial topic in the public discussion as well.

Web Application Firewalls (WAF) have been around for quite some time to protect web applications through the inspection of HTTP traffic. But with a changing nature of web applications and the ever changing threats landscape they nee to evolve constantly. Richard Hill sits down with Matthias to explain newest developments in the market of WAFs, that is demanding increasingly for intelligent solutions.

With CYFIRMA's products, you can take a look at your business through the eyes of a cybercriminal. But to know what they know, they need to take steps into the dark side of the World Wide Web. Osman interviews Kumar Ritesh from CYFIRMA about their work on the Dark Web.

Imagine paying your taxes digitally on your mobile phone by using your digital ID that is also used for easily applying for a parking permit online. Sounds like the future? In Estonia, this has been a reality for 20 years. Research Analyst Alejandro Leal joins Matthias for the first time for the Analyst Chat. They talk about the changing landscape of citizen-facing government processes and the impact of the digital transformation on the public sector, how Estonia can be a role model and what we can learn from their limitations.

Do you know what information about your company is out there and can be used by cybercriminals? What are they interested in? Are they actually targeting your company and planning to exploit it? These are many questions that you may want to consider answering. After all, part of a good defense strategy is knowing your enemy. Kumar Ritesh wanted to solve this challenge and founded CYFIRMA to help others with a complete, comprehensive view, on one platform. Learn more about how they help you look through the eyes of cybercriminals.

Graham Williamson has teamed up with John Tolbert to research the current state of the Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) sectors. They documented the ability of the main industry players to support a coordinated approach to detecting, responding to, and recovering from, cybersecurity attacks and intrusions. Graham joins Matthias to provide insight into this market on the occasion of the publication of the Market Compass Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems.

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The previously distinct but now converged fields and product lines of Endpoint Protection (EPP) and Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) are covered in the brand new KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass on EPDR (Endpoint Protection Detection & Response). Lead Analyst John Tolbert joins Matthias to give a sneak peek into this market segment and shares some results of the evaluation as well.

Secure Collaboration solutions focus on enabling data-centric security to facilitate virtual collaboration. Annie Bailey talks with Matthias about this market segment that provides increasingly flexible, interoperable, and therefore even more secure solutions.

Consumer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) is an emerging market with a strong demand for solutions. Especially with the increasing digitization of the workplace, the market is growing and there are more and more vendors entering this market. Our analyst John met with Sadrick Widmann from cidaas, one of the leading IAM solutions in Europe, to talk about the importance and relevance of CIAM.