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Protecting GraphQL applications through authorization and consent

Published February 18, 2022

API Security Cloud Identity Management DevOps Security General

This article is part 2 of our GraphQL application protection series. In this article, we will build a GraphQL API server and protect its resources with externalized policies administered in the Cloudentity Authorization SaaS platform. We will also protect the GraphQL API endpoint data with a local policy enforcement/decision point for the app deployed within...

Cloudentity Wins Cybersecurity Excellence Award in API Security

Published February 17, 2022

API Security General

We’re excited to share that Cloudentity has been named a Silver Winner in the API Security category for the 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards! The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards honor individuals and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in information security. With over 700 entries this year, we’re honored to be selected as a winner. Specifically,...

Externalized Authorization for GraphQL

Published February 15, 2022

API Security Cloud Identity Management DevOps Security General

This article is the first part of a series to explore usage of the Cloudentity authorization platform for externalized GraphQL runtime authorization along with policy based access controls for GraphQL native constructs. Modern applications require runtime and flexible authorization controls to manage the security and risk of data exposed using technologies like GraphQL to various...

Looking Back at 2021: Cloudentity Innovations Made in Open Banking

Published February 4, 2022

General Open Banking

As we kick off 2022, it’s important to take stock of progress made and challenges faced in 2021 for planning and expanding on our achievements. Last year was a monumental year in Open Banking application programming interface (API) security at Cloudentity. With the demand for Open Banking applications increasing today, Cloudentity meets the market’s...

What is Open Banking?

Published December 21, 2021

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Open Banking is the practice of consumer-initiated, secured and explicitly approved data sharing among financial institutions, investment companies, and third-party financial service providers. Privacy & Data sharing benefits both customers and banks. Customers get better, faster, and more secure access to services offering financial transparency and streamlined journeys, from account setup and payments to financial...

Identity and Authorization At Cloud Scale

Published December 6, 2021

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The future has a lot to answer for. For decades we’ve been promised super-cool inventions that we still haven’t received - flying cars, jetpacks and IAM platforms that provide security, scale and manageability- all with wrapped up with 21st century automation. George Jetson’s job had two settings ("Start" & "Stop") and the computer did the...

Enterprises Reveal the State of their API Security & Governance

Published November 2, 2021

API Security General

With APIs representing 83 percent of web traffic, there’s no doubt APIs are the underpinnings of digital transformation. But APIs can expose organizations to security and data privacy risks - as exemplified by the notable companies who have experienced an API breach in recent years. Two thirds of cloud breaches, according to an IBM Security...

Why I Joined Cloudentity

Published September 29, 2021

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On September 7th, I started my new role as CEO at Cloudentity. I couldn’t be more excited and honored to join this all-star team of deep industry experts on their mission of helping to better deliver and secure the world’s next-generation applications, APIs, and data. I’d like to take a moment to talk about my...

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Cloudentity Co-founder and CSO Nathanael Coffing Selected to Present at Authenticate 2021 to Discuss Why Authentication and Consent are Required for Zero Trust

Published September 22, 2021

News

Cloudentity Co-founder and CSO Nathanael Coffing has been selected as an on-demand speaker at Authenticate 2021, taking place October 18 - 20 at the Motif Hotel in Seattle, Washington as well as online. This year’s Authenticate conference, hosted by the FIDO Alliance, will convene cybersecurity experts to share business drivers, technical considerations and overall best...

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Cloudentity Featured in Gartner 2021 Hype Cycle for APIs: Accelerating Development Velocity with Authorization & Consent Automation

Published August 16, 2021

Cloud Identity Management

By Nathanael Coffing, CSO and co-founder of Cloudentity We are thrilled to share that Cloudentity was featured in Gartner’s 2021 Hype Cycle for Identity and Access Management (IAM) Technologies. The report serves as a key resource for security and cloud architects who are researching which technologies to implement in order to expedite application delivery and...

When your modern IAM platform isn't modern: the case for authorization and identity microservices.

Published August 12, 2021

API Security Breaches

By Nathanael Coffing, CSO and co-founder of Cloudentity A couple of weeks ago, a leading identity provider suffered a zero-day vulnerability that was immediately used maliciously to compromise financial, retail and healthcare customers. The big question is— why was this "modern" IAM platform so appealing to security researchers and hackers alike, and how can we,...

Open Banking World Congress: Cloudentity Joined by Okta and Axway to Discuss Security and Privacy in Open Banking

Published May 24, 2021

News

By Jasen Meece, CEO of Cloudentity According to an April 2021 report, the global open banking market is anticipated to grow more than 24% over the next 6 years. Like no other development in decades, open banking puts the power of financial data back in the users’ hands to ensure that data can be used...

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