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Should you build or buy a customer secure sign-on solution? Thinking of building your own identity management tool for your customer apps? Read this first.

Stephen Cox

Mar 25, 2022
6 min read

5 things your security team must do before creating a CIAM strategy Spoiler alert: These steps all involve multiple teams in your org -- not just security.

Keith Graham

Feb 9, 2022
6 min read

Hello, we’re Strivacity. Pleasure to meet you. We’ve got some exciting news. We’re putting the “C” (aka customers) back in customer identity and access management (CIAM).

Keith Graham

Nov 30, 2021
4 min read

What's the difference between CIAM and IAM (and why does it matter)? Linguistics aside, there are some pretty fundamental differences between IAM and CIAM.

Keith Graham

Sep 1, 2021
6 min read

So you're thinking of using an open-source CIAM provider... Here are a few things to consider as you’re evaluating solutions -- open source versus vendor supported -- and deciding which is right for you.

Keith Graham

Aug 18, 2021
5 min read

Remember Defense-in-Depth? Apply It To The Customer Lifecycle. Users, especially those in customer identity, have a lifecycle. They register, they login, they give and revoke consent, and they update passwords or MFA settings. They may arrive via federation and they may be federated to other systems. Ultimately, they may decide to disable or delete their accounts. It's important to look at each of these steps along the customer lifecycle and apply some manner of threat modeling to it.

Stephen Cox

Aug 17, 2021
5 min read

Understanding Deployment Options When Evaluating CIAM We discuss the top reasons to consider using a CIAM platform and the good and bad of the different deployment options that are available.

Keith Graham

Jun 11, 2021
4 min read

CIAM Platforms: Why Security is Paramount Continuing the CIAM Platform series, we discuss the top security specific reasons for why your organization should consider using a CIAM platform.

Keith Graham

Mar 18, 2021
4 min read

Top Reasons to Consider Using a CIAM Platform This blog lays out the top reasons to consider using a CIAM platform when planning your customer identity journey.

Keith Graham

Feb 24, 2021
5 min read

The What and the Why of Any Modern CIAM Platform When choosing a CIAM offering, there are many must-have capabilities which should be provided by the platform. We discuss what they are, why they're important to any digital transformation initiative, and most importantly, their importance and significance to the customer.

Keith Graham

Feb 18, 2021
9 min read

Infrastructure: Planning for Change If you weren't paying for a product or service, would the provider rebuild it? If you knew the answer was 'yes,' would you still make the purchase? Here is how we're future-proofing your software.

Eric Lordahl

Oct 16, 2020
8 min read

It’s Good to Talk Reflections of saying goodbye to internal email communication, thanks to the late Bob Hoskins.

Keith Graham

Sep 29, 2020
7 min read

Why CIAM Doesn't Need Any More 10 Minute Abs Find out what 10 Minute Abs and successful CIAM programs have in common

Keith Graham

Aug 11, 2020
5 min read

Can Customer Identity Benefit from Zero Trust? People are the new perimeter in the Zero Trust model. Can this help in the world of customer identity? Is Zero Trust just for the benefit of workforce or employee identity?

Matt Edwards

Jul 17, 2020
5 min read

Threat Detection in the CIAM Context: What's Old is New Again Detecting threats using identity matters. Find out why it matters even more in CIAM and how to do it.

Stephen Cox

Jan 14, 2020
5 min read

Isolation by Design: A Peek Into the Future of CIAM Using Kubernetes Embracing best practices in technology doesn’t have to be difficult, especially when starting from scratch. Learn how kube is helping move the needle for CIAM.

Eric Lordahl

Jan 9, 2020
5 min read

Customers Do Business with Those They Trust Whatever market you are in, your customers have choices. Here are our views on what can influence whether customers make the right choice for your brand.

John Milburn

Dec 18, 2019
3 min read

Don’t lose focus on your mission! Why focus matters and putting it into context in the brave new world of CIAM.

John Milburn

Dec 17, 2019
2 min read

Hello World! Welcome to Strivacity, and a very warm welcome to the Strive blog - our space dedicated to sharing our customer identity tips, tricks, and musings.

John Milburn

Dec 12, 2019
2 min read