Identity

Identity

Okta’s Canadian bet: Data cell, 600 employees, and a plan to triple the business

April 6, 2026 Robert Dutt 0
Okta is running over 80 percent of Canadian revenue through partners and betting big on regulated verticals with a new Montreal-based data cell. Country manager Ryan Sydor talks about what that investment looks like and where it’s headed.

Identity

Beyond the password vault: 1Password’s channel chief makes the case for identity security as an MSP practice

April 1, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Beyond the password vault: 1Password’s channel chief makes the case for identity security as an MSP practice
1Password’s Larissa Crandall joins the podcast to discuss why identity security has become the front door of the security conversation and what that shift means for MSPs. From the company’s evolution beyond password management to the staggering 82-to-1 ratio of non-human to human identities, Crandall makes the case that the identity opportunity is bigger – and more urgent – than most partners realize.

Cloud

RSA launches new RSA ID Plus for Microsoft

November 21, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on RSA launches new RSA ID Plus for Microsoft
The new solution is an enhanced security layer for Microsoft Entra ID.

Artificial Intelligence

Commvault launches Cloud Unity Platform release for enterprise resilience and new levels of simplicity, scalability, and cost optimization

November 13, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault launches Cloud Unity Platform release for enterprise resilience and new levels of simplicity, scalability, and cost optimization
The new Cloud Unity Platform release delivers a modern, AI-enabled interface that centralizes resilience operations across clouds, regions and on-premises environments, including data centres and edge locations

Artificial Intelligence

Toronto’s 1Password’s reveals widening access-trust gap in 2025

November 6, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Toronto’s 1Password’s reveals widening access-trust gap in 2025
1Password’s 2025 Annual Report 2025 finds that the Access-Trust Gap continues to grow in the AI Era.

Agent

Palo Alto Networks to acquire identity security vendor CyberArk

October 31, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks to acquire identity security vendor CyberArk
Palo Alto Networks says that their acquisition of CyberArk will create the end-to-end security platform for the AI era.

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Backup

Arctera enhances cyber resilience by upgrading Microsoft capabilities in Backup Exec

October 20, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arctera enhances cyber resilience by upgrading Microsoft capabilities in Backup Exec
Among the changes is that Backup Exec now protects identity as well as data.

Channel Communities

CyberArk enhances Machine Identity Security Portfolio with new discovery and context capabilities

October 17, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on CyberArk enhances Machine Identity Security Portfolio with new discovery and context capabilities
The new capabilities include improvements to CyberArk Secrets Hub, CyberArk Certificate Manager, SaaS, and CyberArk SSH Manager for Machines 

Artificial Intelligence

JumpCloud and Google Workspace partner to launch new Work Transformation Set on Google

October 16, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on JumpCloud and Google Workspace partner to launch new Work Transformation Set on Google
Today, JumpCloud, which makes a zero trust unified cloud-based platform  for identity, device, and access management, is taking it to Google Workspace. The two companies have announced that JumpCloud is collaborating with Google Workspace to
Artificial Intelligence

Silverfort adds two new foundational capabilities to identity platform with Access Intelligence and Identity Graph

October 15, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Silverfort adds two new foundational capabilities to identity platform with Access Intelligence and Identity Graph
The new capabilities should appeal to channel partners by solidifying Silverfort’s ability to deliver end-to-end identity security leadership, give enterprises the required tools to proactively counter identity threats, and boost  operational efficiencies