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Opal Security's Umaimah Khan on Security-First Identity

2024/7/23
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Umaimah Khan: 作为Opal Security的CEO，我认为我们公司是一个身份安全平台，旨在覆盖所有身份和访问管理。我们通过摄取、规范化和校准所有系统中的身份和OTSI数据，让用户可以随时查看谁有权访问什么，并提供必要的上下文和工作流程来进行校准和补救。我们的目标是实现真正的最小权限原则，即灵活、可扩展、适应性强和智能化。我认为，当前身份验证和授权技术还处于非常原始的阶段，缺乏持续的传感器数据和基础设施来支持自动化决策和灵活更新。因此，Opal Security不仅构建了底层ETL和数据层，还进行了大量的经典机器学习和图分析，以便让人们开始将访问和身份视为可扩展、持续监控的安全优先系统。在企业环境中工作，实用主义的约束有助于发挥创造力和产品导向，并且能够观察到市场尚未意识到的问题。我一直注意到，从政府部门的违规行为到小型初创公司，身份和访问管理都是一个普遍存在的问题。我们已经有了很多伟大的技术创新，但关键在于如何部署这些技术以及如何组合和应用它们。因此，我花了两年的时间与任何愿意倾听的人讨论这个问题，最终促成了Opal的诞生。

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Opal Security is an identity security platform designed to manage and secure identity and access management (IAM) across all systems. It ingests, normalizes, and calibrates identity data to provide real-world least privilege, offering flexible, scalable, and adaptable security without impeding employee productivity. The platform uses machine learning and graph analysis to continuously monitor and improve access and identity management.
  • Opal Security is an identity security platform.
  • It aims for 'real-world least privilege' - flexible, scalable, and adaptable.
  • It uses ML and graph analysis for continuous monitoring and improvement.

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Too often, usernames and passwords are the only thing standing between cyber criminals and an organization's data. While it seems obvious, implementing stronger identity controls has historically been a challenge for organizations because the mechanisms that cut off access to threats can also impede employees’ ability to access the systems they need to do their jobs. Opal Security was founded to solve for that tension. Opal Security CEO and co-founder Umaimah Khan spoke with Greylock partner Saam Motamedi about about the company’s mission to deliver scalable least privilege from a security-first standpoint without slowing businesses down.

You can read a transcript of this interview here: https://greylock.com/greymatter/security-first-identity/)

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