Business Value Leads To Happy Customers
Posted by Kurt Johnson - VP Strategy on Thu, May 21, 2009
On the heels of our 7th annual CONVERGE conference, Sam Curry, VP of product management at RSA, posted some reactions on his "Speaking of Security" blog.
Sam and I had the pleasure of presenting a session together that explored the possibilities of a comprehensive access and compliance management strategy. The presentation explored the various complexities organizations are dealing with for a comprehensive security and compliance strategy. This includes information sprawl, identity sprawl, and infrastructure sprawl in light of increased threats and increased regulation. The reality is many security organizations have addressed this from a reactive perspective, resulting in numerous point products focused on individual points of control.
What's needed is a proactive strategic approach that addresses this from a holistic view represented by a security system or ecosystem. That is the only way to get ahead of these issues and properly balance the people process, and product requirements. In the post, Sam pulls out the top line summary of the zero sum game that's played between security and performance concerns. By adopting a true security system approach, an organization can ensure higher security doesn't come at the expense of decreased efficiency and business performance. Courion's product suite is designed around this concept, recognizing the critical importance of linking to other parts of that ecosystem, and is at the core of our partnering strategy.
I, for one, appreciated Sam's participation to communicate the aspects of this joint strategy. I appreciate our other partners and customers who participated, and was thrilled to see so many of them coming away with fresh ideas and actionable advice to further their IAM strategies. As Sam pointed out, organizations can be very successful with IAM. This success is measured in business value. When you can achieve this, you make them the happy people Sam encountered while at CONVERGE.