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In the past ten years, the rise of privacy-conscious consumers and emerging data regulations have compelled enterprises to prioritize their data management programs. Read more to learn how data privacy has become an enterprise priority. Introduction Amazon’s sub-par data management story about its retail platform, if anything, is a cautionary tale . The lapses in understanding how and where data is stored have severely affected how information is managed and secured. In turn, it caused security shortfalls and unnecessary privileged access that rogue employees and sellers had exploited. Privacy and Security Programs Are Not Just Cost Centers The opinionated notion of thinking of data security and privacy programs as cost centers have to be questioned and rethought. While such programs do not seemingly contribute to the profits generated by an enterprise, the adverse effects on the topline when such programs fail are visible in too many examples, mostly in terms of lost consumer l...

Why is Data Privacy an Immediate Enterprise Priority? In the past ten years, the rise of privacy-conscious consumers and emerging data regulations have compelled enterprises to prioritize their data management programs. Read more to learn how data privacy has become an enterprise priority. Introduction Amazon’s sub-par data management story about its retail platform, if anything, is a cautionary tale. The lapses in understanding how and where data… View On WordPress https://64.media.tumblr.com/2792bb4a4a7f613a9fdc8eacd8bf9092/0cb8d8a45384f561-3a/s640x960/32aba8163cbd9aeaa065e6b7687ff752dc5adcd8.jpg https://guptadeepakcom.tumblr.com/post/690963940786749440

In any organization, a CTO has to wear multiple thinking hats to steer product development, build cybersecurity defenses, navigate uncertainty and drive growth with strategic planning. The role of the CTO becomes even more prominent in engineering product growth to achieve the organization’s short- and long-term goals. The following sections describe how a CTO plays an essential role in driving product growth and navigates the uncertainties and risks associated. Visionary Thinking The technological and business landscapes are ever-changing, with innovations in one sector or industry having a broader impact on the overall ecosystem in which an organization operates. For example, AI and machine learning breakthroughs have affected how consumers experience personalization and find information. Furthermore, in today’s business landscape, if one company improves the experience and value delivery for consumers, other companies in that sector will face the pressure to deliver similar to ...

The CTO’s Role In Product Growth In any organization, a CTO has to wear multiple thinking hats to steer product development, build cybersecurity defenses, navigate uncertainty and drive growth with strategic planning. The role of the CTO becomes even more prominent in engineering product growth to achieve the organization's short- and long-term goals. The following sections describe how a CTO plays an essential role in… View On WordPress https://64.media.tumblr.com/1cb21064931e51334c099ad1e58289ff/0a99cdf25916b386-63/s640x960/9599e5bb64a607dc60910bddb76213d82c58a822.jpg https://guptadeepakcom.tumblr.com/post/690770493149708288

B2B applications require connecting customers and partners with their existing identity system or directory. Customers often want their employees or end-users to access your product and service with hierarchical access rights and their existing identity. Managing these requirements in-house can be tricky and time-consuming. However, the LoginRadius B2B Identity solution can bridge this gap for your business and help you eliminate friction. Above all, it serves a faster go-to-market with an industry-leading deployment time of 3-4 weeks while ensuring the following: Easy Onboarding and Administration Delegation LoginRadius B2B Identity allows your customers and partners to effectively create their accounts without needing them to create another identity. This feature lets you give customers and partners authority to manage accounts and access via their internal identity sources or your dashboard. Let’s say: your customer wants to allow only marketing and sales employees of the orga...

Why B2B Companies Should Implement Identity Management B2B applications require connecting customers and partners with their existing identity system or directory. Customers often want their employees or end-users to access your product and service with hierarchical access rights and their existing identity. Managing these requirements in-house can be tricky and time-consuming. However, the LoginRadius B2B Identity solution can bridge this gap for… View On WordPress https://64.media.tumblr.com/43579f8caf70d3f71973c1d2af37dca1/92d5926bb3f0744d-f1/s640x960/ed50fe26a157fa484aacb2cde26d75456ff869ce.png https://guptadeepakcom.tumblr.com/post/690488283640250368

SSO vs. Social Login: What’s the Difference? [Infographic] Introduction In the modern digital world, where customer experience decides the overall growth of a business, crafting a frictionless customer journey holds the most significant importance. Moreover, when a business embarks on a digital transformation journey, secure and seamless authentication becomes an integral part of its customer success journey. However, most enterprises aren’t sure… View On WordPress https://64.media.tumblr.com/48f61e70d430cb2f1be49207d69c40e3/702003dc073a2a7b-44/s640x960/eecbca2df36442d48c63fed4c41b78a4a9e6429d.jpg https://guptadeepakcom.tumblr.com/post/690311533230768128

Introduction In the modern digital world, where customer experience decides the overall growth of a business, crafting a frictionless customer journey holds the most significant importance. Moreover, when a business embarks on a digital transformation journey, secure and seamless authentication becomes an integral part of its customer success journey. However, most enterprises aren’t sure whether they need social login on their platform or single sign-on (SSO) to improve user experience and security. Social login and SSO are both different ways of authentication and can be used together or individually, depending on the business requirements. Let’s understand the differences between the two terms and how enterprises can make wiser decisions to incorporate a seamless and secure authentication mechanism into their platforms. What is Social Login? Social login, also known as social sign-in or social sign-on, allows your consumers to log in and register with a single click on a we...

As technology evolves, businesses explore new horizons to leverage cloud computing in order to acquire more statistics and figures to stay ahead of the curve. Undoubtedly, cloud computing is one of the technological advances that has offered enough room for expanding many industries embarking on a digital transformation journey. With a compound annual growth rate of 4.8%, the cloud application software market will reach $168.6 billion U.S. dollars by 2025 . However, the list is quite extensive when discussing the environmental benefits of relying on the cloud, since the primary motive to rely on the cloud is to boost business operations and security. Yes, the green cloud is yet another buzzword that portrays the potential environmental benefits of cloud services offered to society. Green cloud portrays the approaches and practices of leveraging technological advances like cloud computing and other IT resources sustainable for environmental benefits by reducing the carbon footprint...

Can the Green Cloud Help Build a Sustainable Future? As technology evolves, businesses explore new horizons to leverage cloud computing in order to acquire more statistics and figures to stay ahead of the curve. Undoubtedly, cloud computing is one of the technological advances that has offered enough room for expanding many industries embarking on a digital transformation journey. With a compound annual growth rate of 4.8%, the cloud application… View On WordPress https://64.media.tumblr.com/605db2c2494e2078a55aca5cb6ef3013/74b8e112f2c99cee-4d/s640x960/157f45d5228727d580f6480d81e397972e3b77e1.jpg https://guptadeepakcom.tumblr.com/post/690132212115537920

Introduction In a world where digital experiences define business success, cross-device authentication could offer businesses endless possibilities for embarking on a digital transformation journey. Every internet user demands a rich and secure customer experience. And if they’re not catered with up-to-snuff experiences, they’ll switch to competitors. Hence, businesses need to know what their customers want. But how can this be achieved, especially if users aren’t comfortable sharing their details in the first interaction with the platform? Businesses need to utilize critical user data to assess user behavior and preferences, which can only be done by tracking users across multiple devices. Here’s where the crucial role of cross-device tracking comes into play! Cross-device tracking can be defined as the technologies that enable quick tracking of users across multiple devices, including laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc. It portrays the assortment of methods used to identify u...

Cross-Device Authentication and Tracking: The Opportunities and Underlying Privacy Risks Introduction In a world where digital experiences define business success, cross-device authentication could offer businesses endless possibilities for embarking on a digital transformation journey. Every internet user demands a rich and secure customer experience. And if they’re not catered with up-to-snuff experiences, they’ll switch to competitors. Hence, businesses need to know what their… View On WordPress https://64.media.tumblr.com/18e4556edb88616706e6351f1c462c24/eaa9b28e1038fe0a-73/s640x960/0a7b012e1b7be4101808228e8d53de6bb673ac73.jpg https://guptadeepakcom.tumblr.com/post/689857890528395264

Securing the cloud – the peerless role of biometrics While businesses embark on a digital transformation journey, cloud adoption is undoubtedly the cornerstone for new-age enterprises. Statistics reveal that the global cloud applications market is expected to reach 168.6 billion U.S. dollars by 2025, which was 133.6 Billion U.S. dollars back in 2021. Moreover, the cloud application market is also anticipated to grow at an annual growth rate of 4.8… View On WordPress https://64.media.tumblr.com/aa16b234f386ab292a777f40d158d78d/975d8b81ac21d669-2b/s640x960/4f8d5c83f2c79bff274c5c762e24d071464d3215.jpg https://guptadeepakcom.tumblr.com/post/689403642754875392

While businesses embark on a digital transformation journey, cloud adoption is undoubtedly the cornerstone for new-age enterprises. Statistics reveal that the global cloud applications market is expected to reach 168.6 billion U.S. dollars by 2025, which was 133.6 Billion U.S. dollars back in 2021. Moreover, the cloud application market is also anticipated to grow at an annual growth rate of 4.8 percent. However, the surging demand for the cloud doesn’t necessarily guarantee security for sensitive business and consumer information; certain risks associated with cloud computing are still the bottleneck of many enterprises. What’s more worrisome is that many enterprises using cloud computing are still relying on user ids and password authentication. This can be quite risky, especially when breaching frail authentication mechanisms isn’t a tough nut to crack. Here’s where the critical role of biometric authentication comes into play! Let’s dig deeper into this and understand the as...

Introduction With enterprises inclining towards a cookieless business landscape, managing privacy and compliance with transparency become the need of the hour. Moreover, various legislation, including EU’s GDPR and California’s CCPA , are becoming increasingly stringent regarding businesses collecting, storing, and managing consumer information. Hence, businesses need to gear up for the new reality and ensure they create a perfect harmony while adhering to the regulatory compliances and delivering a seamless user experience simultaneously. But, how would businesses swiftly adopt the change? Because almost every business is reliant on cookies for personalized user experiences and going cookieless all of a sudden could be stressful. So, how can businesses adopt this new shift while ensuring they remain compliant and do not compromise user experience while collecting crucial data? Let’s look at some crucial aspects that businesses must adapt to remain compliant and grow in a cookie...

Managing Privacy and Compliance in a Cookieless World Introduction With enterprises inclining towards a cookieless business landscape, managing privacy and compliance with transparency become the need of the hour. Moreover, various legislation, including EU’s GDPR and California’s CCPA, are becoming increasingly stringent regarding businesses collecting, storing, and managing consumer information. Hence, businesses need to gear up for the new… View On WordPress https://64.media.tumblr.com/89f874e34aab354c4a3a400bff8b1b3e/1cb19cd4041326e8-b8/s640x960/14ab3ad8ae5985da7e7aad64e6afc6ff05d9aa2a.jpg https://guptadeepakcom.tumblr.com/post/689219936985481216

A botnet attack is a common form of cyberattack that has existed for more than two decades. However, the severity of various botnet attacks has been the most common reason businesses worry over the past couple of years. Those who aren’t sure what a botnet attack is are a form of cyberattack that occurs when a group of internet-connected devices is infected with malware controlled by a cybercriminal. These attacks usually involve data theft, sending spam emails, and exploiting customer data by launching vicious DDoS attacks . Botnet attacks start when hackers gain unauthorized access to users’ devices by injecting malicious code into their systems or basic social engineering tricks. However, a new kind of botnet attack is gaining popularity across the globe. The Russian IoT botnet, Fronton, uses unauthorized behavior to launch specific disinformation trends on different social media platforms. Let’s understand the aspect of botnet attacks and why businesses should put their best ef...

M2M Authorization: Authenticate Apps, APIs, and Web Services There are many use cases of a system where machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is required, or you need to manage access for internal and external APIs. The example of M2M communications are: Service to service Daemon to backend CLI client to internal service IoT tools authorization External APIs authorization In such cases, the generic authentication methods such as email/password and… View On WordPress https://64.media.tumblr.com/65daf375f99937e01722c7ec26e88d91/5b0827ba1e46ff7d-03/s640x960/cf4289c4b9e106ffe5c744af9565359633e7b5ce.png https://guptadeepakcom.tumblr.com/post/688581969070686208

There are many use cases of a system where machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is required, or you need to manage access for internal and external APIs. The example of M2M communications are: Service to service Daemon to backend CLI client to internal service IoT tools authorization External APIs authorization In such cases, the generic authentication methods such as email/password and social login — requiring human intervention — don’t fit well. These interactions also need a secure and easy-to-use authorization process for permission-based data access. M2M Authorization fulfills both these requirements. Let’s know more about what it is and how it works. What is M2M Authorization? M2M Authorization is the process of providing remote systems with secure access to information. Using this process, business systems can communicate autonomously and execute business functions based on predefined authorization. It is exclusively used for scenarios in which a business system a...