Analyst Reports

The 451 Group - Virtualized Desktops Grow Up, Mapping the Intersection of Management and Security, July 2010

Desktop virtualization is booming – but not for the reasons we anticipated as recently as 18 months ago. Rather than replacing physical PCs, desktop virtualization offers to transcend existing methods of managing and securing desktops.  Read more and learn why Steve Coplan writes “One of the early movers in this area in both tying strong authentication to SSO and embedding its technology into the virtualized desktop agent, specifically VMware View, is Imprivata. 

The 451 Group - Imprivata bets on riches in niches with dedicated healthcare division, April 2010

Authentication management vendor, Imprivata, has launched a healthcare division to formalize its focus on the areas of marketing, technology alliances and product development. It has introduced a new platform feature that incorporates automated log-off based on physical movement and a PrivacyAlert product derived from an OEM that identifies anomalous usage of patient data.  Are there riches in niches, or is Imprivata in danger of pigeonholing itself?

Read Now: Forrester - Healthcare Security: Ready or Not, Here it Comes

Forrester discusses the way in which HITECH has given HIPAA new teeth. Now healthcare organizations have a real financial incentive to implement EMR/EHR AND they also have to address the issues of security that HIPAA was intended to thwart. In this report Kark outlines the five cardinal rules of information security for healthcare companies seeking both HITECH compliance, and more importantly, a comprehensive security policy. To learn more about these five rules from Forrester and discover how your organization can address the majority of the HITECH act requirements,download the report.

Read Now: Datamonitor: Imprivata Ports to Oracle for Scale

Featuring a new Oracle 10g database back-end, OneSign 4.0 has capitalized on this change in architecture to offer a number of new features and greater scalability. In this report, Rik Turner of Datamonitor explores the details and implications of this change with Imprivata co-founder and CTO David Ting.

Read Now: IDC: Enterprise IT Shops Attack Single Sign-On and Authentication Challenges

In this document, IDC explores recent trends in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) market, including a shift toward integrated, appliance-based solutions: "There are few pure-play appliance offerings in the identity and access management (IAM) market space. Imprivata is one of the exceptions." The report also profiles five Imprivata customers - BJC Healthcare, Bridgestone Europe, Coface, ING Bank and Tayside Fire and Rescue - on their needs, strategies and why they implemented Imprivata OneSign.

Read Now: The 451 Group: Imprivata Builds Authentication Management Capabilities With An Eye On Virtualization

Expanding its ability to tie multiple authentication events at the edge to a single correlated identity, Imprivata has incorporated support for biometric strong authentication. Will virtualization prove to be the trend that validates its approach?

Read Now: Frost & Sullivan: 2008 North American Access Control Product of the Year Award

The 2008 Frost & Sullivan Product of the Year Award in the Access Control domain is being conferred upon Imprivata, Inc. for demonstrating excellence in new product development, having a competitive advantage over existing products, and a well-executed sales and marketing strategy. Its OneSign® product provides enterprises the ability to manage identity and access management in a convenient manner.

Read Now: The 451 Group: Imprivata looks to transform SSO into 'converged identity' data collector

Better known as a single sign-on (SSO) specialist, Imprivata is in the midst of a transition from merely easing an operational headache (minimizing the need for users to remember passwords and helpdesk resources to remind them) to compiling user profiles across physical and logical domains. Exploiting its inline appliance's position at identity checkpoints and the ability to correlate physical-access records with system logins, Imprivata can generate visibility into the correlation between multiple identities to a single user in a specific location, constructing what it calls a 'converged identity.'

IDC: Enterprise IT Shops Attack Single Sign-On and Authentication Challenges with Secure Appliance Platform from Imprivata
In this document, IDC explores recent trends in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) market, including a shift toward integrated, appliance-based solutions: "There are few pure-play appliance offerings in the identity and access management (IAM) market space. Imprivata is one of the exceptions." The report also profiles five Imprivata customers - BJC Healthcare, Bridgestone Europe, Coface, ING Bank and Tayside Fire and Rescue - on their needs, strategies and why they implemented Imprivata OneSign.

Read Now: Aberdeen Group Report: Identity and Access Management - Critical to Operations and Security

The point of identity and access management (IAM) solutions is to limit access to an organization’s resources to those with legitimate access. Without it, organizations are at risk. Aberdeen research has determined that the two leading drivers for the adoption of IAM identity management and access solutions are increased productivity and compliance with security policies.