App owners: Benefits of externalizing authentication & authorization

With cloud modernization, one of the most significant challenges for app owners is managing identity and authentication, which can divert attention from creating an exceptional product.... Read More ›

App Identity Modernization
What does it mean to be a modern app?

There’s a common thought that if an application speaks industry-leading identity standards, it automatically makes it modern. However, the requirements of apps today go beyond that.... Read More ›

App Identity Modernization
The next generation of Maverics

Trailblazing Identity Orchestration for enterprises “Maverics is the only Identity Orchestration platform that allows enterprises to mix and match incompatible identity systems without rewriting each application... Read More ›

Company & Culture
Solving the identity puzzle: how interoperability unlocks cloud security potential

With increased cloud migration and the adoption of cloud-based apps, Cloud Security Architects and IT Decision-Makers are in a race to achieve interoperability between diverse identity... Read More ›

Identity Security
Eliminate security vulnerabilities with app modernization

Cybersecurity is non-negotiable. So, when it comes to enterprise budgets, it’s the one place we typically don’t see cuts — even in an unpredictable economic environment.... Read More ›

Identity & Application Modernization
Identity in the cloud is at its breaking point

The hardest part of identity and access management (IAM) technology is making it work with multi-vendor infrastructure and the growing number of applications that enterprises rely... Read More ›

Identity Security
Identity modernization for customer-facing applications

Want to loan a friend some money? There’s an app for that. Want to exchange some dollars for Euros? There’s an app for that. In fact,... Read More ›

App Identity Modernization
Why are private equity firms acquiring so many identity management companies?

There’s a landrush in the identity management space, which has important implications for enterprises that rely on these systems to run their business applications.  Private equity... Read More ›

Identity Security
Strata secures $26M series B financing

New round of funding to scale Maverics platform and accelerate go-to-market initiatives “We’re announcing our Series B financing of more than $26M to support Strata Identity’s... Read More ›

Company & Culture
Top 10 MFA implementation challenges & how to avoid them

Weak password security is the most common means for bad actors to get their hands on sensitive information and cause a breach. When work-from-home became the... Read More ›

Identity & Application Modernization
What is identity modernization & why should you care?

3 drivers of the identity modernization imperative: people, processes, technology Identity modernization is the process of moving from managing identities using an on-premises IDP to a... Read More ›

Identity & Application Modernization
CIAM: what is customer identity & access management?

Identity management & customer journey orchestration In a world of increasingly fickle loyalty, you have to keep your customers’ trust. With the majority of breaches being... Read More ›

Multi-cloud Identity Management
How to make the most out of your 2023 IAM budget

The possibility of a recession is causing the C-suite to re-evaluate spending priorities. Like many IT leaders, you may fear that your Identity and Access Management... Read More ›

Multi-cloud Identity Management
Why cloud-based identities play an important role in cloud security

The new security perimeter of an organization is cloud-based identities. Given its significance, Eric Olden, Strata’s co-founder, and CEO, discusses the role of cloud-based identities in... Read More ›

Multi-Cloud Identity
IDQL & Hexa developer workshop [webinar]

Join select developers and architects in the IDQL working group behind the Hexa project for an interactive, hands-on experience to: Learn how Hexa was built using... Read More ›

Policy Orchestration
How to go from zero to a standard: building IDQL/Hexa

IDQL is the new identity standard and Hexa is the reference software that makes IDQL operational. Hexa is an active CNCF Sandbox project. Strata recently hosted... Read More ›

Policy Orchestration
Introducing IDQL & Hexa: a new identity standard for Policy Orchestration

What’s especially valuable about IDQL/Hexa is it coordinates consistent policy across cloud platforms and the tech stack. This open-sourced, vendor-neutral approach is needed to expedite adoption... Read More ›

Policy Orchestration
Strata’s State of Multi-Cloud Identity report reveals 2022’s top IAM challenges for enterprises

With a cloud-first approach gaining momentum, a growing number of applications are being hosted across multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.). At the same time,... Read More ›

Multi-Cloud Identity
IAM terminology: definitions for identity & access management terms

Whether you’re new to identity and access management (IAM) or a seasoned pro, there’s a lot of technical and complex vocabulary that you have to keep... Read More ›

Multi-cloud Identity Management
How low-code application development & identity management work together

In a recent Helpnetsecurity article, Eric Leach, Chief Product Officer of Strata Identity, discusses why low-code applications and identity management need to co-exist. In the article,... Read More ›

Identity Fabric
Managing identity in multi-cloud ecosystems: key findings from analyst study

The rapid pace of cloud migration has created a chasm between enterprises’ ability to modernize IT infrastructures while maintaining data protection. The increased adoption of multiple... Read More ›

Multi-Cloud Identity
Hexa Policy Orchestration framework: simplifying IAM policy for multi-cloud ecosystems (by Tom Malta)

In this guest post, IAM expert and global consultant Tom Malta shares his views on how Hexa and IDQL – a new and unique policy orchestration... Read More ›

Policy Orchestration
What the multi-cloud world needs now is consistent identities & policies [ESG Webinar]

A big part of the modern, multi-cloud world means facing threats that target identity vulnerabilities. The hard reality is that most companies have lost sensitive data... Read More ›

Policy Orchestration
Is your version of SiteMinder reaching its end of service (EOS)? What are your options? 

Change is the only constant in life. Even software that’s decades old goes through inevitable change. For instance, in a customer service announcement, the SiteMinder team... Read More ›

App & Identity Migration
Extend Azure AD to migrate, modernize & orchestrate identity with Strata [Infographic]

As systems such as SiteMinder approach their end of service (EOS), enterprises are increasingly tasked with navigating identity and app migrations to the cloud. With multi-cloud... Read More ›

Identity Migration
The difference between authentication & authorization — why it matters

Authorization and authentication are common security terms that sound remarkably similar. It’s easy to confuse the two, and often they’re used interchangeably (though they shouldn’t be).... Read More ›

Authentication
Distributed, multi-cloud identity management in 5 steps

In a Dark Reading article, Eric Olden, CEO and Co-founder of Strata Identity, highlighted the five steps enterprises can follow to strengthen distributed identity management in... Read More ›

Distributed Identity
Can your apps use passwordless authentication (& should they)?

Your company has a cybersecurity problem that it can’t eliminate: your employees. People are the number one security vulnerability in any organization, simply because we’re human... Read More ›

Authentication
How to implement MFA for legacy applications

Multifactor authentication (MFA) is part of your daily life. You log into applications that ask for your username and password and then require a second confirmation... Read More ›

Authentication
What a zero trust security architecture means with multi-cloud identity

It’s a dangerous world. Threats are lurking around every corner bad actors are constantly seeking ways to take advantage of weaknesses. It’s not the trailer for... Read More ›

Zero Trust
How an identity fabric eliminates the challenge of multiple clouds

In a recent Dark Reading article, Strata Identity’s Head of Standards, Gerry Gebel, discusses the proliferation of identities and how their management has become extremely cumbersome.... Read More ›

Identity Fabric
Identity Orchestration — the recipe to tearing down identity silos?

Businesses need a multi-cloud strategy today. Most companies have discovered that by now, but they’re also discovering new identity challenges that go along with it. Multiple... Read More ›

Identity Orchestration
Identity Fabric: what it is & why it’s needed in multi-cloud environments

We are in a huge transition period from on-premises identity management to the cloud. And most organizations are straddling both without a guidebook on how to... Read More ›

Identity Fabric
What are the risks of cloud migration?

A recent IT Toolbox article, Top Security Considerations for Transitioning from Private to Public Cloud, emphasized that organizations should re-evaluate how they safeguard their data and... Read More ›

App & Identity Migration
What is adaptive authentication & how does it enable zero trust?

The number zero is everywhere these days. You’ve got zero-code, zero-day, Coke Zero, and of course — everyone’s favorite — zero trust. What’s the deal? These... Read More ›

Authentication
Identity Orchestration for Azure AD: Strata featured on the 425 Show

Strata’s Maverics Identity Orchestration solution was the featured topic while Microsoft’s Stefan van der Wiele interviewed four of Strata’s subject matter experts on an episode of... Read More ›

Identity Orchestration
Identity Orchestration: how to manage identity in multi-cloud

More and more organizations are modernizing their legacy identity systems and moving to the cloud. And their migrations aren’t deployed to a single cloud, either. A... Read More ›

Identity Orchestration
Give your WAM & SSO applications a turbo boost

One day, combustion engines may become illegal on roads and highways. But what if you have a favorite gasoline-powered car that you love to take out... Read More ›

Zero Trust
Castles, Moats, & Clouds: Modernizing your Legacy IdP to the Cloud

The era of multi-cloud is here and here to stay. Strata’s mission is to help enterprises manage the shift from legacy identity systems to the cloud... Read More ›

Identity Modernization
Identity & Access Management (IAM) Solutions for Multi-Cloud

Identity and access management (IAM) has been around since the dawn of the computing age. Although the term was once synonymous with the network, IAM and... Read More ›

Multi-cloud Identity Management
What application & identity migration is and why it’s important

Why app & identity migrations are necessary and how to make them more manageable Migrating applications and identities to the cloud is a bit like the... Read More ›

App & Identity Migration
Webinar on demand: frozen peas, identity management & the path to modernization

A Fireside Chat [webinar] about Kroger’s move to the cloud & how they modernized their legacy identity systems. If you’ve struggled to stay safe, sane, and... Read More ›

App & Identity Migration
5 step identity & app migration from SiteMinder to Azure AD

SiteMinder is nearing its end of service or end of life (EOL). After 2022, it will no longer be supported, and clients will need to migrate... Read More ›

IT Modernization
Top 2 is a Win at RSA 2021 Innovation Sandbox Contest

The RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox Contest is a big deal. It’s the Academy Awards for Cybersecurity startups. Of course, like everything else in the COVID era,... Read More ›

Company & Culture
Legacy identity infrastructures are nearing end of life, now what?

End of Life (EOL) is inevitable for most products. There comes a time when it simply no longer makes sense to keep investing in something.  It could be that the product is not generating enough revenue (Sony Playstation Vita), or a miscalculation was made in a diversification strategy (remember New Coke?).

Identity Migration
Distributed identity enables multi-cloud for healthcare & life sciences

Overview Cloud adoption by healthcare and life sciences organizations accelerated with the events caused by the global pandemic that started in 2019. With remote telehealth and... Read More ›

Multi-Cloud Identity
The Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform Launches

The Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform is officially launched! As Michael Vizard of Security Boulevard and IT Security News states, “[Maverics] a platform for orchestrating the management... Read More ›

Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform
CEO’s words: Strata introduces Identity Orchestration platform for multi-cloud

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gilde I’m thrilled to introduce the Maverics Identity... Read More ›

Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform
How orchestration unlocks identity in multi-cloud

Last year set a new high water mark for cloud adoption, especially hybrid cloud environments that combine on-premises and cloud-based apps and identities. According to one... Read More ›

Multi-cloud Identity Management
Why SSO is only part of multi-cloud identity

Over the past few decades, single sign-on (SSO) has become the default security solution for most companies. It’s convenient for users, so they actually use it.... Read More ›

Authentication
Series A funding paves the way for Strata’s multi-cloud identity adoption

We’re thrilled to announce that Strata recently closed an $11M Series A round of funding, led by Menlo Ventures and supported by ForgePoint Capital.  The overwhelming... Read More ›

Company & Culture
Show me don’t tell me: how Strata is engineered for skeptics

At Strata, we strive to be a ‘show, don’t tell’ company. Our customers have our unwavering commitment to do what it takes to: prove that our... Read More ›

Multi-Cloud Identity
Rise of the identity domains (identity silos)

How hybrid IT infrastructures will soon push IAM to the brink. What are identity silos? Identity domains, also known as identity silos, are when user identities... Read More ›

Hybrid Identity
The Maverics Identity Orchestration Express Demo

Connect with an Identity Orchestration expert Get a demo With Strata’s Maverics Identity Orchestrator™, you can migrate and modernize your identity systems without painful application rewrites.... Read More ›

Video
Strata Announces $11M Series A to Lead the Multi-Cloud Identity Orchestration Revolution

To take Strata to the next level, we're announcing that we’ve raised an $11M Series A, led by outstanding new investor Menlo Ventures. They sincerely believe in our disruptive vision for Identity Orchestration. With this round, Strata deeply extends our bench depth and experience. This funding puts us in the position to help more customers succeed in moving to multi-cloud environments. Strata will use this capital to scale our distributed identity technology and develop the Identity Orchestration market.

Company & Culture
Antifragile identity for the multi-cloud world

This article was originally posted on The New Stack. In his book The Black Swan, Nassim Taleb describes game-changing events that occur randomly and infrequently while... Read More ›

Multi-Cloud Identity
Multi-cloud identity management for financial services

How financial services can succeed in hybrid and multi-cloud environments “[The financial industry is] facing rapid and significant changes…Industry changes include Open Banking, neo-challenger banks and... Read More ›

Multi-Cloud Identity
Addressing hybrid identity fragmentation across on-prem and Azure

How Strata and Microsoft work together to solve the user provisioning and sync problems across hybrid identity environments Introduction Chances are pretty good that you’re right... Read More ›

Hybrid Identity