June 2023 Summaries

The Veza team is heading to Snowflake Summit from June 26-29 at Caesar's Forum in Las Vegas. They will be showcasing their innovative approach to managing access across all applications and systems. Attendees can visit Booth #2753 for a personalized demo and receive exclusive swag. Inquiries about the event can be directed to [email protected], while updates on Veza's activities will be shared on LinkedIn.

Amazon has introduced AWS Verified Permissions (AVP), an "authorization-as-a-service" offering designed to provide granular authorization control for applications deployed on the AWS platform. Built on the Cedar policy language, AVP reflects Amazon's recognition of the growing importance of granular authorization capabilities in modern apps. As more apps adopt granular authorization standards like AVP, organizations will need new and better ways to manage and optimize the millions of potential identity access decisions. Veza, an identity security platform, offers a solution by providing a unified human-readable language that translates system-specific permission jargon into terms that everyone can understand, as well as automated monitoring and remediation for excess privilege and misconfigurations.

Veza is monitoring 200 million permissions for its customers, indicating rapid customer adoption and validation of the scalability of its Authorization Graph. The company recognizes that identity security requires a data mindset and automation to address the pervasive problem of bad permissions, which can lead to insider threats, breaches, and compliance headaches. Traditional identity tools have blind spots due to their inability to understand how identities map to actions in resources, making it difficult for security teams to identify and manage permissions. Veza's graph architecture and normalized data model enable the analysis of effective permissions, visualizing and controlling permissions at scale, and automating permission management through its platform.

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The Veza team is excited to participate in AWS Re:Inforce 2023 taking place in Anaheim, California from June 13-14. They will be showcasing their innovative approach to managing access to data across all applications and systems. Attendees can find them at Booth #660 and earn special swag by attending a personalized demo. The team is also hosting a networking dinner with jet-fight simulators on June 13th at Flightdeck, which requires RSVP. For any inquiries or to follow their updates, contact [email protected] or connect with them on LinkedIn.