Blog Posts

James Nadal

October 2023

Your ransomware readiness report: how do you score?

Ransomware has become a major blight on businesses everywhere. How well prepared is your business?

James Nadal

October 2023

NHS Digital reveals new MFA rules with focus on privileged accounts

NHS Digital has published new rules requiring all digital systems to have MFA protection, with special focus on accounts with privileged access.

James Nadal

September 2023

The many faces of Privilege and The Cyber Assessment Framework

Whether it’s the EU’s new NIS2 regulations, the NHS’s DSP guidelines, or Cyber Essentials, the emphasis on the importance of managing privileged access continue

James Nadal

September 2023

‘Shocking’ cyber insurance demands: are you prepared?

When it comes to obtaining a cyber insurance policy for your organisation you need to be prepared to meet a wide range of requirements.

James Nadal

August 2023

Major new cyber rules show growing importance of privileged access

The NIS regulations are tightening. NIS2 means stricter rules, reporting requirements, and sanctions.

Mark Warren

July 2023

How do I make the most of EPM?

EPM is a critical cyber security defence, but how can you ensure it gets used and provides the expected protection?

Mark Warren

July 2023

What is EPM and why should I care?

What is endpoint privilege management and how important is it?

James Nadal

July 2023

New PAM release opens gateway to time-saving automation

The new Osirium PAM 9.0 release is out with great new features, including device discovery.

James Nadal

June 2023

MOVEit victim list grows as more big names revealed

The number of victims falling prey to the mass hack of the software MOVEit continues to grow.

Graham Hawkey

June 2023

NIS2 cyber compliance and what it means for UK organisations

The NIS regulations are tightening. NIS2 means stricter rules, reporting requirements, and sanctions.

Graham Hawkey

May 2023

Cyber insurance, ransomware and the Van Gogh equation

Cyber insurance is becoming an increasingly hot topic and insurers are looking more and more for organisations to have certain key security measures in place.

James Nadal

April 2023

New NHS cyber strategy identifies dangers of privileged access misuse

The dangers of privileged access misuse are highlighted as a critical concern in a new cyber strategy for the NHS.

Mark Warren

March 2023

New PAM release further improves efficiency and resilience

Osirium has launched its latest PAM update to help enhance efficiency and resilience even more

Cameron Harris

February 2023

Dangers of local admin rights: native Azure AD (Entra ID) support arrives for PEM

Allowing employees to have local admin rights is fraught with dangers for all firms. But Osirium PEM, now with 100% native Azure AD support, offers a solution.

Stuart McGregor

February 2023

Enhanced solutions in 2023 to combat the evolving cyber threat

Exploring the subject of rising threats from cyber criminals and ransomware attacks.

Andy Harris

January 2023

Education a target for ransomware in 2023

Is education a prime target for ransomware attackers in 2023?

Mark Warren

December 2022

Can Developers be productive without Local Admin?

Developers need local admin rights on their workstations, but that's risky. See how that risk can be removed by using Privileged Endpoint Management (PEM)

Mark Warren

November 2022

Preventing ransomware from being devastating

The ransomware attack at MediBank has many of the classic elements of a ransomware attack. How could they be avoided?

Mark Warren

November 2022

Automation: Taking Cybersecurity to a New Level

Automation is the key to better cybersecurity and better IT service. Find out how in this blog.

Mark Warren

July 2022

The Evolution of PAM

PAM is evolving and your current ideas about PAM need to be reviewed to make sure you're set up for a secure IT future

Andy Harris

July 2022

Ransomware Payload Types Including Brickers and Wipers

Ransomware covers many different types of attack, the latest being "Brickers" and "Wipers" find out more and how to defend against them in this blog.

Mark Warren

June 2022

A real-world example of "shift left" IT support

Most IT Help Desks would love to let users do more for themselves - as long as it was safe. Read how it's possible with this case study from a GP practice.

Mark Warren

June 2022

Choosing an endpoint security solution - keep focused!

When choosing a solution to secure endpoints, don't be distracted by unnecessary features - find out how in this blog

Mark Warren

June 2022

What's the right choice for automating IT processes?

There isn't "one size fits all" solution for IT Process Automation, so how do you make a choice? Find out in this blog

Mark Warren

April 2022

Dirty Pipe Vulnerability (CVE-2022-0847)

Osirium products are not affected by the so-called "Dirty Pipe" vulnerability, here are the details.

Mark Warren

April 2022

The State of UK Cyber Security Attacks in 2022

Recent reports show the state of cybersecurity in the UK, but the numbers are confusing. What lessons can be learnt? Find out in this blog.

Andy Harris

March 2022

How Does Privileged Process Automation (PPA) Work?

Privileged Process Automation (PPA) can be transformative for IT Process Automation, find out how ....

Mark Warren

February 2022

Boosting Cyber Resilience

How PAM addresses the needs of the joint ENISA & CERT-EU recommendations for cyber resiliency

Mark Warren

January 2022

Linux PolicyKit vulnerability no risk for Osirium PAM

Long-term vulnerability in Linux poses no risk for Osirium PAM

Andy Harris

January 2022

AutoCAD and Local Admin Accounts - reducing risk

Removing the risk of local admin without impacting AutoCAD users

Mark Warren

January 2022

Launch of Osirium's PAM v8.0 - MFA, JIT, and lots more

The latest release of Osirium PAM bring scheduled JIT, MFA and much more.

Andy Harris

December 2021

Apache Log4j Vulnerability

A critical vulnerability has been found in Log4J - Osirium products are not affected, find out why ...

Andy Harris

December 2021

Passwordless Authentication for PAM with Authlogics

Passwords are not a great way to protect systems used by human beings. With Authlogics, PAM access can be secure without passwords. Learn more ...

Mark Warren

October 2021

MSPs and Ransomware - the weakest link

MSPs are a valuable target for ransomware attacks, new research shows what MSPs should be doing to protect their clients

Mark Warren

September 2021

Are businesses doing enough to protect against ransomware?

New research shows most UK Businesses are vulnerable to ransomware attack, find out the biggest gap in their protection ...

Mark Warren

July 2021

Record High Costs of Data Breach

The latest Ponemon report shows the increased cost of a breach, and the effect of remote working and ransomware. Get behind the headlines.

Andy Harris

June 2021

Implementing Zero Trust with Osirium products

Zero Trust architecture is the best way to protect against infection by ransomware or malware, but needs careful planning. Learn more in this blog.

Mark Warren

May 2021

CyberUK 2021 Highlights

A summary of the recent CyberUK 2021 conference, including protecting the NHS and education sector from ransomware.

Andy Harris

April 2021

Supply Chain Threats And MSPs

Many organizations depend on MSPs and MSSPs. This article discusses why MSP security is critical to protect themselves and their clients.

Andy Harris

April 2021

Ransomware: The threat and blocking lateral movement

Understanding the threat and blocking lateral movement from ransomware

Tom Hills

March 2021

Securing Remote Access with Osirium PAM

Remote access to IT systems for staff and third-parties needs to be approached carefully - see why Privileged Access Management (PAM) is key to working safely

Mark Warren

March 2021

Taking PAM To The Next Level With Automation

Osirium PAM now includes Automation to extend protection and optimize IT operations. Find out more.

Andy Harris

February 2021

What is Privileged Access Security?

At Osirium, we believe that Privileged Access Security is a combination of three fundamental functions that use three foundation technologies

Andy Harris

February 2021

Are PAM and IAM the same? Let us explain the difference

Both IAM and PAM are critical areas of cyber security delivering protection to different audiences, but what are the differences are they both needed?

Andy Harris

January 2021

Protecting backups with PAM

Backups are absolutely so need careful protection. That's why you must use PAM to access backup management systems like PAM. Find out more ...

Mark Warren

January 2021

Welcome to 2021 - What's on Your New Year Plan?

Whatever your goals for 2021 might be, Privileged Access Management (PAM) should be high on the list. Find out why.

Mark Warren

November 2020

Don't Be The Next Malware Victim

There are reports of cyber attacks on AstraZeneca by North Korea. A couple of key capabilities are critical to protecting against such attacks. Learn more ...

Mark Warren

November 2020

Simple DSP Compliance in the NHS

For the NHS, the Digital Security and Protection assessment is a mandatory requirement. How can you make compliance and auditing easy? Find out more.

Andy Harris

November 2020

Cloud MFA for PAM with RSA

The combination of Osirum Privileged Access Management (PAM) with RSA Identity Provider makes a powerful and flexible cloud-based privilege access solution.

Mark Warren

November 2020

How ready are you for a Cyber Essentials assessment?

Cyber Essentials is a critical requirement for every organisation but can be daunting. Read more to see how Privileged Access Management (PAM) is the key.

Mark Warren

November 2020

NCSC Annual Report: The need for Osirium's PAM

The NCSC Annual Report highlights the changing threat landscape and calls out importance of PAM

Andy Harris

October 2020

IAM v PAM - best option for user security?

IAM and PAM may seem like duplication or in competition but in reality, they're both needed for a single pane of glass security posture. Find out why.

Mark Warren

October 2020

Relieving the headaches of working with virtual machines

Managing VMs is a pain, but Privileged Process Automation can safely automate the common tasks. See how ...

Mark Warren

October 2020

How to know which Domain Controllers need updates

Zerologon vulnerability needs an urgent patch but how do you know which systems haven't been updated? PPA can help

Mark Warren

September 2020

Why keep doing boring stuff? Get PPA Express free!

Too many IT and business operations are repetitive but have been hard to automate. Now the free PPA Express makes it possible.

Mark Warren

September 2020

A bad week for universities targeted in cyberattacks

There have been attacks at two universities in the UK and Department of Veterans Affairs in the US. Could Privileged Access Management (PAM) have helped?

Andy Harris

September 2020

Patch Tuesday Made Easy - With Privileged Process Automation

Managing patches to an estate of Windows is a major effort. Privileged Process Automation (PPA) can accelerate and simplify the whole process, see how ...

Andy Harris

September 2020

Adaptive Authorisation vs Adaptive Authentication

Automation is great but it has to be smart to decide when changes are safe and when more review and approval is needed. See how PPA does Adaptive Authorisation

Mark Warren

August 2020

Imagine If DevOps Could Be Easily Automated

A new type of automation is needed for DevOps

Andy Harris

July 2020

Privileged Access Security - A Deeper Dive

Privileged Access Security should be a priority. Osirium CTO, Andy Harris, explains why and lays out the roadmap for a solution.

Mark Warren

July 2020

Imagine If Security Operations Automation Was Easy

Security updates need to be done right first time and automation ensures safe and accurate changes. See how in this blog.

Andy Harris

June 2020

Some Inconvenient Truths About Credentials and Remote Access

In general VPN access is more risky than office based access, and there are some uncomfortable truths about humans and credentials.

Mark Warren

June 2020

Imagine If ... Network Operations Automation Was Easy

NetOps is a critical activity that needs security and accuracy. Privileged Process Automation (PPA) makes NetOps automation easy, here's an example

Mark Warren

June 2020

Imagine If It Was Easy To Provision New Accounts

Provisioning accounts for new starters can be a slow and frustrating business but automation can be the answer

Mark Warren

May 2020

Imagine If Business Users Could Get Their Own AWS Data

Responding to requests for systems data, like AWS or Azure bills, is time-consuming for IT. PPA makes it safe to delegate the access to business users ...

Mark Warren

May 2020

Imagine If Recertification Was Easy

Regular recertification of privilged accounts is a critical compliance process but highly manual and error-prone. See how it can be automatically with PPA

Mark Warren

May 2020

Introducing PPA Task Builder - Low-code automation

PPA v2.5 is a major update and now anyone can build their own workflow automations in a low-code environment.

Andy Harris

April 2020

PIM, PUM and PAM explained

Here’s a quick rundown of all these terms, what they do, and which bits of the Platform performs them:

Mark Warren

April 2020

Introducing Osirium PAM v7.0

There's a major update to Osirium PAM available that includes a new web client and high-availability clustered servers. Find out more ...

Andy Harris

April 2020

Managing Developer's Systems with PEM

Developers need to install and configure Visual Studio and various add-ins to do their work. PEM lets them do their work without needing local admin rights

David Guyatt

March 2020

Secure Remote Privileged Access for Free

Remote privileged access to vital IT systems is critical. Osirium offers modern PAM for free. Find out more.

Mark Warren

December 2019

Privileged Endpoint Management – Security vs Users

Getting the balance right between security and user productivity is really hard. With PEM, the balance can be restored so everyone's happy.

Andy Harris

October 2019

Instant Internal Auditing with PAM, SIEM and Slack

For many organisations, Slack has become the central core of communications between processes and people.

Mark Warren

October 2019

What is Privileged Process Automation

If you had the choice, what superpower would you have?

Andy Harris

September 2019

PAM - Fault-Tolerant and Highly-Available

We’re often asked about high availability and fault tolerance for Osirium PAM

Mark Warren

September 2019

Introducing PXM Platform 6.5 – What’s New?

PXM Platform reaches v6.5, see what's new

Andy Harris

August 2019

Controlling AWS Costs with PPA

Controlling AWS costs usually needs an Admin account and specialist knowledge. With PPA, anyone with the right role can do it.

Mairi Chisholm

August 2019

Announcing PPA 2.2

We’re very pleased to announce that the latest release, 2.2, is now available

Andy Harris

August 2019

Auditing Privileged Access Management

Where would the investor confidence be without the governance...

Carlos Ruiz

August 2019

Automating Ansible with Osirium PPA

Osirium’s Privileged Process Automation (PPA) tool formerly known as Opus is the perfect complement to Ansible

Andy Harris

August 2019

Five Reasons Why You'll Sleep Better with Osirium's PAM

If you’re an IT manager or strategist, you want to spend your time developing systems and solutions that propel your business forward, in an ideal world …

Andy Harris

July 2019

Multi-Factor Authentication: Osirium PAM and OneLogin

Osirium PAM provides Privileged Access Management (PAM) using the principle of identity-in / role-out

Andy Harris

June 2019

Why you need PAM for Process Automation

In this post, we're going to look at some aspects of automating a privileged process

Mark Warren

June 2019

Infosec 2019 – Bigger than ever for Osirium

In the calm before the storm of the last day of the Infosecurity 2019 show, it seems like a good opportunity to gather some thoughts about the last few days

Andy Harris

May 2019

Privileged Access to Web Apps – A Magical Solution

One of the distinct advantages of Osirium PAM is its ability to deliver Privileged Access Management (PAM) to a very wide range of systems

Andy Harris

May 2019

Securing Third Party Access

There’s a lot of good that can be achieved when working closely with third parties, but there are also a lot of risks

Mark Warren

April 2019

Secure IT Process Automation – Dream or Reality?

Is it possible to automate IT tasks, improve security and improve customer service?

Mark Warren

April 2019

Privileged Access Management and Essential Services

To find out how to increase protection for essential services, Osirium and RazorSecure have a webinar coming up to discuss exactly how that can be done.

Mark Warren

March 2019

Thoughts on Cloud and Cyber Security Expo 2019

Reflections on Cloud and Cyber Security Expo 2019

Mark Warren

March 2019

PAM – The secret to CI and DevOps Success explained

Accelerating the software delivery pipeline while improving the overall security posture. Sounds like a tall order but it is possible with PAM

Andy Harris

February 2019

The journey through PAM, PTM and onto RPA

Secure automation needs more than just robots, you need privileged process automation.

Andy Harris

February 2019

What is Privileged Robotic Process Automation?

Here, we are going to outline the differences between Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and the Privileged version (PRPA)

Andy Harris

February 2019

Privileged Access Management – Common Use Cases

PAM (Privileged Access Management) solutions are built to control access to Privileged Accounts to drive security. Here, we will outline some of the common use

Andy Harris

January 2019

Why NHS security needs a new approach to PAM

Osirium’s PAM is specially designed to stop cyber-attackers from hacking NHS operations

Andy Harris

November 2018

Sharing Privileged Accounts With Third Parties

In this article, we'll look at customer, MSP and contractor sides of this issue. Outsourcing work to a third-party is a frequent occurrence.

Andy Harris

September 2018

IoT, Internet of Things is not a good term…

First off, the first main issue is the word 'Things', it is too general. Things break down into different categories

Andy Harris

September 2018

What are the different approaches to digital transformation

We're always intrigued by the wide range of descriptions of ‘digital transformation’ here are a few considerations

Andy Harris

September 2018

Osirium and RazorSecure Strategic Alliance

Strategic alliance means sharing ideas, code and pre-production demostrations along with modifications to our main products.

Andy Harris

August 2018

How to separate your business from cyber-attacks

The cybersecurity landscape is ever changing. New threats appear daily, and the techniques used by attackers continuously evolve.

Andy Harris

June 2018

Multi-factor Authentication in Osirium PAM 6.1.0

Since Osirium PAM is an 'Identity In - Role Out' product, the quality of identity proof is crucial in highly secure environments.

Osirium Blog

Your ransomware readiness report: how do you score?

NHS Digital reveals new MFA rules with focus on privileged accounts

The many faces of Privilege and The Cyber Assessment Framework

‘Shocking’ cyber insurance demands: are you prepared?

Major new cyber rules show growing importance of privileged access

How do I make the most of EPM?

What is EPM and why should I care?

New PAM release opens gateway to time-saving automation

MOVEit victim list grows as more big names revealed

NIS2 cyber compliance and what it means for UK organisations

Cyber insurance, ransomware and the Van Gogh equation

New NHS cyber strategy identifies dangers of privileged access misuse

New PAM release further improves efficiency and resilience

Dangers of local admin rights: native Azure AD (Entra ID) support arrives for PEM

Enhanced solutions in 2023 to combat the evolving cyber threat

Education a target for ransomware in 2023

Can Developers be productive without Local Admin?

Preventing ransomware from being devastating

Automation: Taking Cybersecurity to a New Level

The Evolution of PAM

Ransomware Payload Types Including Brickers and Wipers

A real-world example of "shift left" IT support

Choosing an endpoint security solution - keep focused!

What's the right choice for automating IT processes?

Dirty Pipe Vulnerability (CVE-2022-0847)

The State of UK Cyber Security Attacks in 2022

How Does Privileged Process Automation (PPA) Work?

Boosting Cyber Resilience

Linux PolicyKit vulnerability no risk for Osirium PAM

AutoCAD and Local Admin Accounts - reducing risk

Launch of Osirium's PAM v8.0 - MFA, JIT, and lots more

Apache Log4j Vulnerability

Passwordless Authentication for PAM with Authlogics

MSPs and Ransomware - the weakest link

Are businesses doing enough to protect against ransomware?

Record High Costs of Data Breach

Implementing Zero Trust with Osirium products

CyberUK 2021 Highlights

Supply Chain Threats And MSPs

Ransomware: The threat and blocking lateral movement

Securing Remote Access with Osirium PAM

Taking PAM To The Next Level With Automation

What is Privileged Access Security?

Are PAM and IAM the same? Let us explain the difference

Protecting backups with PAM

Welcome to 2021 - What's on Your New Year Plan?

Don't Be The Next Malware Victim

Simple DSP Compliance in the NHS

Cloud MFA for PAM with RSA

How ready are you for a Cyber Essentials assessment?

NCSC Annual Report: The need for Osirium's PAM

IAM v PAM - best option for user security?

Relieving the headaches of working with virtual machines

How to know which Domain Controllers need updates

Why keep doing boring stuff? Get PPA Express free!

A bad week for universities targeted in cyberattacks

Patch Tuesday Made Easy - With Privileged Process Automation

Adaptive Authorisation vs Adaptive Authentication

Imagine If DevOps Could Be Easily Automated

Privileged Access Security - A Deeper Dive

Imagine If Security Operations Automation Was Easy

Some Inconvenient Truths About Credentials and Remote Access

Imagine If ... Network Operations Automation Was Easy

Imagine If It Was Easy To Provision New Accounts

Imagine If Business Users Could Get Their Own AWS Data

Imagine If Recertification Was Easy

Introducing PPA Task Builder - Low-code automation

PIM, PUM and PAM explained

Introducing Osirium PAM v7.0

Managing Developer's Systems with PEM

Secure Remote Privileged Access for Free

Privileged Endpoint Management – Security vs Users

Instant Internal Auditing with PAM, SIEM and Slack

What is Privileged Process Automation

PAM - Fault-Tolerant and Highly-Available

Introducing PXM Platform 6.5 – What’s New?

Controlling AWS Costs with PPA

Announcing PPA 2.2

Auditing Privileged Access Management