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Agentic Security
The combined value proposition of IBM Verify and HashiCorp Vault centers on creating a unified "identity fabric" that bridges human and machine identity management. This integration secures modern hybrid-cloud environments by centralizing trust across workforce users and automated workloads.
Unified Value Proposition
- Integrated Identity Management: By connecting IBM Verify (human identity) with HashiCorp Vault (machine identity), organizations eliminate security silos. This allows for the detection of unusual patterns, such as a human account attempting to call unauthorized service APIs.
- Adaptive Security for Secrets: IBM Verify provides AI-powered adaptive authentication (e.g., MFA, passkeys) to secure access to HashiCorp Vault, ensuring only verified personnel can manage sensitive secrets.
- Zero Trust Architecture: Together, they enforce a zero-trust model where every user and machine must be continuously verified. Vault issues short-lived, scoped credentials only after IBM Verify confirms the identity and risk level of the requester.
Core Benefits by Component
IBM Verify (Human Identity & Access)
- Frictionless Access: Automates risk protection by analyzing user, device, and environmental context to streamline logins for low-risk scenarios and enforce MFA for high-risk ones.
- Phishing Resistance: Supports Passkeys to eliminate password-based vulnerabilities while improving the user experience.
High ROI: Deployment of IBM Verify has been linked to a significant 619% Return on Investment for enterprise access management.
HashiCorp Vault (Machine Identity & Secrets)
- Centralized Secrets Management: Provides a single source of truth for API keys, database credentials, and certificates, preventing "secret sprawl" across distributed systems.
- Dynamic Credentials: Vault can generate on-demand, time-limited credentials for databases or cloud platforms, automatically revoking them after use to minimize the attack surface.
- Data Protection: Offers robust encryption-as-a-service, allowing applications to encrypt data in transit and at rest without exposing the underlying keys to developers.
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Integration Use Cases
- Secure SSO for Vault Admin: Admins can use their corporate credentials from IBM Security Verify via OIDC or SAML to log into the Vault dashboard, ensuring centralized governance.
- Privileged Session Management: IBM Verify Privilege Vault can inject credentials directly into tools like PuTTY or RDP sessions, allowing admins to work without ever seeing the raw passwords.
- Storage Encryption: IBM Storage products (e.g., Ceph or Storage Scale) leverage Vault for KMIP-based key management and server-side
Jay Kozireski
Vice President, SPS
Achieving NEPRA Cybersecurity Compliance with Kaspersky
Shahwar Khan
SPS-Director NEPRA Compiance as a Service
SMaaS 2024-02
At SPS, Inc., we recognize the critical importance of security for organizations across the board. Our team is equipped to assist you in assessing your current security standing. Discover more by participating in our upcoming webinar scheduled for February 8th, 2024, at 11:00 am ET, where we will delve into the details of our Security Management as a Service (SMaaS).
Why Participate?
Tailored for organizations of all sizes, our webinar aims to attract those seeking to evaluate and enhance their existing security postures.
Keynote Speakers:
Rainer Barthel, Director SMaaS (Over 25 years of Cyber Security expertise and former CIO)
Nouman Abbasi, Vice President of Cybersecurity (Over 25 years of Cyber Security expertise)
Highlights of SMaaS:
Our SMaaS offering is designed to empower your organization through comprehensive security management, including:
- Organizational Assessment with NIST Cybersecurity Framework including completing a cybersecurity checklist
- Attack Surface Assessment
- Network Assessment
- Privileged Accounts Review
- AD Security Review
- Data Discovery Assessment
- Threat Simulation
- Incident Response Assessment and Recommendations
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Evaluation
With SMaaS, proactively identify vulnerabilities, strengthen defenses, and ensure business continuity in the face of unforeseen disruptions.
Event Details:
Date: February 8th, 2024
Time: 11:00 am EST
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Rainer Barthel
Director SMaaS
IBM Gen AI Webinar
Join SPS and IBM Security for an exploration of the dangers of adversarial AI, deceptive chatbots, and deep fakes. We will analyze their growing sophistication and ability to deceive individuals, disseminate false information, and inflict harm.
Jeff Crume, IBM Security Distinguished Engineering and CTO will also discuss how AI strengthens cybersecurity measures through automated reporting, accelerated threat detection, interpretation of machine-generated data, and the generation of threat intelligence.
Event Details:
Date: Today March 4th, 2024
Time: 10:00-11:00am EST
Rainer Barthel
Director SMaaS