Garrett Bekker is a principal research analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence 451 Research, leading the identity and access management (IAM) vertical within the Information Security channel. Prior to his coverage of IAM and cloud security, Garrett also covered data security and governance, risk and compliance. Within IAM, Garrett’s current research specializations include passwordless authentication, cloud-native authorization, privileged access management and identity threat detection and response. He arrived at S&P Global Market Intelligence through its 2019 acquisition of 451 Research, which he joined in 2014. Garrett has viewed security from a variety of perspectives over the past 25 years. He started his career in security as an equity research analyst at several investment banking firms, most recently Merrill Lynch, where he covered information security, infrastructure software and networking companies. Garrett has also worked with early-stage enterprise security vendors, including Bat Blue (acquired by OPAQ Networks), in sales and marketing roles. Garrett holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of Buffalo. He has completed all coursework for a doctorate in economics from The New School in New York. He also completed undergraduate studies at McGill University in Montreal, and graduate work at Cambridge University in the UK.
Compromised identities are widely known to be the root cause of the overwhelming majority of breaches. The proliferation of nonhuman identities has exacerbated this threat, yet traditional approaches to security and IAM are not up to the task. In this report, we offer an overview of NHI security and detail some of the key issues that it addresses.
The company has assembled a portfolio that goes far beyond its roots as an enterprise password management provider. It includes device trust, passkeys, secrets management tools, and access governance and extended device compliance for business-to-business identity and access management.
The startup has developed a "workload IAM platform" that provides access control for workloads and other nonhuman identities, primarily via identity verification, multifactor authentication and access policies. More recently, it added NHI discovery capabilities, and plans to expand access management for agentic AI later this year.
The IAM veteran has acquired little-known PAM startup VaultOne for an undisclosed sum. The target brings VPN-less secure remote access, a password vault, session management and recording, privileged task automation, and a secure browser to JumpCloud's growing IAM platform.
The cybersecurity industry's largest annual event surpassed its own attendance records this year. The conference is also at the threshold of new economic, political and technological uncertainties. However, it could sharpen its appeal as a nexus of learning, innovation and networking.
The annual RSA Conference on information security is coming up and it arrives during a very active security market. Analysts Garrett Bekker, Dan Kennedy and Research Director Scott Crawford return to the podcast to discuss what they expect to see in San Franscisco with host Eric Hanselman.
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