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Identity security conversations often arrive at the same unfortunate scenario: a stolen token and breach only discovered once major damage is done. Experts Rob Kraczek, global strategist at One Identity, and Chris Ray, field CTO of security and risk at GigaOm, recently unpacked why 3 a.m. token theft has become less exception, more routine — among other things.

A plain-language look at our new release and support policy — and what it means for you, no matter which product you run. For customers and partners, release and support practices have not always been easy to interpret. Different products used different terms for similar things — major and minor releases, patch releases, hotfixes — which made it hard to know which release to adopt, how long it would be supported, or whether a given update added functionality or only fixed something.

Managing user accounts, permissions and security access across a university environment involves significant administrative work. For institutions that rely on Microsoft Active Directory, keeping that infrastructure organized, secure and current can quickly become resource-intensive as student and staff populations shift each semester. This type of challenge grows when IT teams must handle onboarding, access changes and offboarding manually for each individual.

Authentication configuration issues, especially those tying into Kerberos, are a big call driver for the Active Roles by One Identity Support team. When Kerberos requirements are met, Integrated Windows Authentication typically attempts Kerberos before falling back to NTLM. Due to expected IIS functionality, we will see multiple HTTP requests which trigger authentication repeatedly.

Privileged access management (PAM) is one of the clearest ways to reduce identity-based risk and demonstrate security value. But ROI depends on more than simply deploying a PAM tool. Organizations need a solution that can be implemented efficiently, managed without unnecessary operational burden and scaled in a way that supports long-term cost control. For organizations evaluating PAM investments, these factors matter.