Industry Insight

Industry Insight

What is Decentralised Identity?

Decentralised identity, often used interchangeably with “self-sovereign identity” (SSI), is gaining ground as an alternative to today’s centralised and federated infrastructures. In short, it allows individuals to manage their own identities. In a decentralised framework, the user receives credentials from a number of issuers (e.g., government,…

The six big benefits of CIAM for business

Customer identity and access management (CIAM) is a necessity for business today. But, the wrong solution is seeing increased pressure on in-house IT and developer teams. After all, CIAM includes not only the sign-in/login experience but also the registration and sign-up process throughout an entire customer journey. This gives teams a huge…

AI at Work 2024: A view from the C-suite

For business leaders today, there’s no hotter topic than artificial intelligence (AI). Executives everywhere are asking themselves — and each other — how AI will transform the products they offer, the ways they work, and the threats they face. Our new analysis, AI at Work 2024: C-suite perspectives on artificial intelligence, paints a picture of…

What Is an Identity Platform?

An identity platform is a modern solution for managing the identities of users and devices in a centralized fashion. It enables organizations to securely authorize workforce and customer users to access their ecosystem using access management tools, programmable components, integrations, and platform services. Today’s organizations have a wide…

Measuring the business value of Identity at Guaranteed Rate and ADT

Grappling with the aftermath of a global pandemic and navigating the complexities of an austerity-driven economy, cybersecurity leaders find themselves at a crossroads.  In the wake of macroeconomic uncertainties, these leaders are under increasing pressure to validate their investments to executive decision-makers.  The challenge is twofold: How…

What is NLP?

If you’ve ever taken an introductory programming class, there’s a good chance the instructor said: “Computers are stupid.” They only do what they’re told, and only within the confines of what can be represented in logic. The intent is to remind students that computers aren’t intelligent thinking machines — like Star Trek’s Data — but rather tools…

What is machine learning?

Patterns. The world is full of them, and we often don’t even notice.  Human language is a great example. We understand each other because things like verb conjugations and word order typically follow a rigid structure. The same is also true for music, where the predictability of rhythm and scales provide a measure of order and predictability.  If…

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