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The Case for Open Source IAM

Current estimates suggest widespread adoption of open source software (OSS) in organizations worldwide. Compared to sectors such as operating systems and big data, adoption in the security and identity management sector has been low until now. While there were a number of open source projects around libraries for security and identity management-related functionalities, there were only a few projects based on an end-to-end security or identity and access management (IAM) solution.

Hybrid API Management: Run Your API Gateways Anywhere

With the fast-growing popularity of cloud computing, an increasing number of organizations are now moving towards cloud-based solutions. Gartner predicts that1, "by 2020, 90 percent of organizations will adopt hybrid infrastructure management" where some parts of a solution would be in the cloud while other parts would be in traditional on-premises data centers.

Monitoring Appian with Appian: Automating Threat Analysis and Information Gathering

In our previous blog posts covering our in-house Security Orchestration, Automation & Response (SOAR) application, we described the basic building blocks for the system and the steps we took to orchestrate interactions between a number of security tools. While building orchestration, we already introduced a significant amount of Automation powering features like threat intelligence collection and event polling.

How Xray helped a bank migrate 58,000 tests from HP ALM with a successful digital transformation

Our customer is a Central European Bank that is a leader in innovation. Last year alone, they became the best digital bank among 300 registered banks from around the world. To this very day, they have received 130 awards from 30 authorities. In the past, this Bank was the first in the country to offer products and services like credit cards and internet banking, which are taken for granted today.

Parameter Binding: Native API/Native Code vs SourcePro DB

In the previous article, we walked through an example of how to query and retrieve data from a MySQL database using the native MySQL C API and then compared that to the clean simplicity of using the SourcePro DB API. In this article, we are going to take that a step further and look at input parameter binding. Building off the system we discussed previously that manages the accounts for a credit card system, we are now going to implement a simple application that can add transactions to an account.

Top 3 Benefits of MRI Automation for Real Estate Professionals

Financial professionals in real estate contend with a wide array of responsibilities—managing financial statements, office space floors, signage, storage space, land, and more. Regulations and interest rates are in a state of constant flux, and they must be assessed as changes arise to build accurate reports.

89% of Finance Pros Are Unhappy: Here's Why

Eighty-nine percent of financial professionals across multiple geographies and industries are dissatisfied with their operational reporting tools. Why is that number so high? What are the challenges they’re facing? More importantly, what would it take to turn that dissatisfaction into satisfaction?