Author: Ryan Ward

Ryan Ward is CISO at Avatier, responsible for security initiatives as well as strategic direction of IAM and security products. A sixteen-year veteran of the security industry, Ward comes to Avatier after five years with MillerCoors where he served as Enterprise Security Manager of the brewing company and USA Information Security Officer for the public company SABMiller. In those positions Ward was responsible for all Information Security initiatives for MillerCoors. Prior to MillerCoors, he served as Senior Information Security Leader at Perot Systems while supporting the Wolters Kluwer account. He previously held the position of Vice President of Information Systems for Allscripts.Ryan is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Provisioning User Directory Cleanup

Provisioning User Directory Cleanup
  • August 10, 2012 //
  • Ryan Ward

  • User provisioning directories scrubbed. Before diving into an identity and access management (IAM) project, doesn’t it make sense to solve your directory issues for provisioning users first rather than trying…read more →

How Can You Present Information Security Metrics Better?

How Can You Present Information Security Metrics Better?
  • August 3, 2012 //
  • Ryan Ward

  • ‘Actionable’ information security metrics speak millions. Security professionals continue to struggle with collecting and presenting information security metrics in an effective manner. Attend any information security conference and you will…read more →

It’s Criminal to Overlook Access Management Software

It’s Criminal to Overlook Access Management Software
  • July 5, 2012 //
  • Ryan Ward

  • Prevent white collar crime. So much crime today occurs because nobody is paying attention to the identity and access management software. I was reminded of this last week when the…read more →

With Self-Service Group Management Birds of a Feather Rarely Need to Stick Together

With Self-Service Group Management Birds of a Feather Rarely Need to Stick Together
  • June 29, 2012 //
  • Ryan Ward

  • Self-service group management alignment. Unlike flocks where the group stays together while on their way to migrate South, groups inside companies are constantly changing. They pop up regularly for long and…read more →

Getting Schooled on Access Management Software

Getting Schooled on Access Management Software
  • June 19, 2012 //
  • Ryan Ward

  • Graduate to access management innovation. The incident is still under investigation, so school and law enforcement officials have yet to reveal whether this was a case of insider or external…read more →

Avatier on Display at Gartner Identity and Access Management

Avatier on Display at Gartner Identity and Access Management
  • June 12, 2012 //
  • Ryan Ward

  • The identity and access management innovation leader. In the iconic film, “Wall Street”, multi-billionaire Gordon Gekko reveals that, “The most valuable commodity I know of, is information”. If information is…read more →

Once More Into the Identity and Access Governance Breach

Once More Into the Identity and Access Governance Breach
  • June 7, 2012 //
  • Ryan Ward

  • An access governance breach. Another breach… more lost passwords. The recent LinkedIn and eHarmony security breaches once again remind us that our online information and cyber security is always at risk…read more →

Quest Identity Management Acquisition Could Be Good For Some

Quest Identity Management Acquisition Could Be Good For Some
  • June 6, 2012 //
  • Ryan Ward

  • Quest identity management prospects. With the recent rumors hitting the web suggesting that several large companies including Dell, Microsoft, Oracle, CA and BMC are interested in buying Quest Software, it…read more →

Weaving The Trusted Identity Fabric at the Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit

Weaving The Trusted Identity Fabric at the Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit
  • May 30, 2012 //
  • Ryan Ward

  • Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit. Several months ago, we sponsored the Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit in San Diego, California and had an opportunity to see, first-hand, a…read more →