Tag: Ping Identity

Security bosses focus on cloud

Enterprise security leaders in the UK are focused on cloud security, building up resilience against threats and aligning cybersecurity strategies with overall business goals.

A new research report The 2022 ISG Provider Lens Cybersecurity report from Information Services Group (ISG) claims cloud security is an enterprise manager’s top priority.

The growing use of cloud models such as infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is forcing companies to adapt their cybersecurity approaches, with a focus on holistic resilience that requires more communication and training for employees and outside stakeholders, the report says.

Ping Identity snaps up SecuredTouch

Ping Identity has written a cheque for SecuredTouch as part of a cunning plan to accelerate its identity fraud capabilities.

Founded in 2015, SecuredTouch specialises in bot attack prevention, identity risk and fraud intelligence.  Ping thinks that with its bot detection and account takeover protection, SecuredTouch can be used to deliver a more secure and seamless experience for customers.

Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand said: “As companies undergo massive digital transformation initiatives, the need for seamless, frictionless, and secure identity solutions to confidently understand both those situations is imperative. The acquisition of SecuredTouch accelerates our vision for cloud-delivered intelligent identity solutions that combat malicious behaviour such as bots, emulators, and account takeover.”