CIEM is Required for Cloud Security and IAM Providers to Compete: Gartner® Report

In an ongoing effort to help security organizations stay competitive, we’re pleased to offer this complimentary Gartner® report, Emerging Tech: CIEM Is Required for Cloud Security and IAM Providers to Compete. The research in the report demonstrates the need for Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) product leaders to adopt trends that can help deliver value across Cloud Security and Identity and Access Management (IAM) enterprises.

CIEM product leaders looking to remain competitive in Cloud Security and IAM practices should consider prioritizing specific capabilities in their planning in order to address new and emerging threats and, as Gartner says:                            

Gain a further competitive edge in the CIEM market by investing in more-advanced guided remediation capabilities, such as automated downsizing of over-privileged accounts.Appeal to a larger audience beyond cloud security teams by positioning CIEM as part of broader enterprise security controls.

Businesses not currently prioritizing CIEM capabilities, however, can’t simply “do a 180” and expect to be successful. Managing entitlements in the current sophisticated age of attacks and digital espionage can feel impossible. It is imperative for security organizations to adopt updated access practices though, not only to remain competitive but to remain secure.

Least Privileged Access (LPA) approaches lacking in effectiveness can find support in CIEM tools that provide advanced enforcement and remediation of ineffective LPA methods. Gartner says:

“The anomaly-detection capabilities leveraged by CIEM tools can be extended to analyze the misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in the IAM stack. With overprivileged account discovery, and some guided remediation, CIEM tools can help organizations move toward a security posture where identities have at least privileges.”

Broadening the portfolio

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