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Effortlessly Rotate Passwords with Cerby

By Cerby Team |

July 9, 2024

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By Cerby Team

| Jun 17, 2025

Why You Should Say Goodbye to Manual Identity Processes

As revealed in Cerby’s 2025 Identity Automation Gap Report, 46% of security and IT leaders say their organization has already experienced a security, compliance, or operational issue directly caused by manual identity workflow execution. Why do manual...

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Jun 16, 2025

Why Identity Automation Fails at 96% of Organizations

Enterprise security teams have invested billions in identity security infrastructure over the past decade, building sophisticated systems to manage access and monitor risk. But when it comes to executing identity processes and decisions, our latest...

Cerby blog

By Bel Lepe

| May 28, 2025

Why We Raised Our Series B—and What’s Next for Cerby

Why We Raised Our Series B—and What’s Next for Cerby

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| May 12, 2025

Closing the App Gap: Inside the Cerby Application Network

Modern identity infrastructure works great—until it hits an app it can’t manage.

4 Mindset Shifts for Making Zero Trust Work in the Real World

Cerby blog

By John Kindervag

| May 12, 2025

4 Mindset Shifts for Making Zero Trust Work in the Real World

Zero Trust has become one of the cybersecurity world’s most misunderstood buzzwords. In theory, it’s simple: never trust, always verify. In practice, it’s often reduced to a check-the-box product deployment or a single vendor’s promise to “solve” it for...

Avoid the SSO Tax

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Apr 22, 2025

Avoid the SSO Tax: Stay Secure Without Paying More

Why are businesses being forced to pay extra for basic security? Many SaaS providers lock Single Sign-On (SSO) behind their most expensive plans to push upgrades. This pricing strategy forces even small and mid-sized businesses to consider...

Cerby blog

By Navrup Tom

| Apr 9, 2025

How Cerby helps you get more value from your IAM and IGA investments

Every year, the world’s organizations collectively spend tens of billions of dollars on Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions. Yet, while there are many capable IAM and IGA products available,...

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By Yafet Woldegabriel

| Mar 24, 2025

Introducing Cerby CSV Importer: A Simpler Way to Migrate and Manage Credentials

Across most organizations, credentials live in too many places—spreadsheets, browser folders, and legacy password managers. Each one managed by a different team, creating sprawl that’s not just clutter—but risk.

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By Cerby Team

| Mar 17, 2025

Meet Cerby at RSAC™ 2025 Conference – Secure the Apps Your Identity Tools Can’t Reach

The Only Identity Security Automation Platform for Disconnected Apps Your identity tools don’t cover every app—but they should. Disconnected apps—those without APIs, standard integrations, or locked behind costly SSO paywalls—are one of the biggest...

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Mar 7, 2025

Part 2 - Agentic AI in Cybersecurity: The Reality Behind Autonomous Identity Security

In Part 1, we explored how Agentic AI is beginning to transform identity security by addressing IAM’s “last mile” problem—the critical gap in managing disconnected applications, automating manual processes, and securing identity configurations.

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By Lee Tschetter

| Feb 26, 2025

Extending Okta's Universal Logout: Cerby Boosts Security Across Applications

Cerby and Okta are showcasing an innovative collaboration that marks a significant milestone in enterprise security. This innovative solution aims to revolutionize how enterprises manage user sessions across web and mobile applications. With this...

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Feb 24, 2025

Provisioning and Deprovisioning Apps Without SCIM or APIs: Risks, Challenges, and a Smarter Alternative with Cerby

Enterprise security depends on controlling who has access to what—and for how long. But most apps—whether SaaS, legacy, or homegrown—don’t support APIs or SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management). Without these integration standards, identity...

Cerby blog

By Lee Tschetter

| Feb 10, 2025

Announcing Cerby’s Public APIs: Secure, Intuitive, and Built for Developers

We’re thrilled to introduce Cerby’s secure, developer-friendly public APIs, a major step forward in automating security for disconnected applications. Managing applications that don’t support common integration standards such as SAML and SCIM, has long...

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By Matt Chiodi

| Feb 5, 2025

Part 1 - Agentic AI in Cybersecurity: Closing the Last Mile in Identity Security.

Agentic AI in Cybersecurity: Part 1 - Transforming Identity Security by Closing the “Last Mile” As SaaS adoption expands, organizations face an increasingly complex challenge in managing identities across applications, systems, and users. Identity...

Cerby blog

By Navrup Tom

| Jan 27, 2025

Top 3 Predictions for 2025: The Future of AI, Cybersecurity, and Digital Identity

As we head into 2025, big changes in technology are pushing both private and public sector leaders to adapt quickly. Rapid progress in AI, cybersecurity, and digital identity is reshaping how we operate and secure sensitive information.

Cerby blog

By Bora Repishti

| Jan 1, 2025

How to Scale Your Social Media Presence While Safeguarding Brand Reputation

As we step into the new year, fresh opportunities to grow your brand’s social media presence are everywhere. But with digital growth comes complexity—and risks. Managing various platforms and hundreds of accounts across teams, agencies, and contractors...

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By Bel Lepe

| Dec 10, 2024

Cerby and Saviynt Partner to Transform Identity Governance and Administration for Disconnected Applications

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations face a growing challenge: extending Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Application Access Governance to their entire application ecosystem....

Gartner IAM Info

Cerby blog

By Bora Repishti

| Nov 23, 2024

Connect with Us at the Gartner Identity & Access Management (IAM) Summit

We’re excited to announce that we'll be at Gartner IAM! We look forward to meeting with customers, partners, and industry experts at “the premier conference to help IAM and security leaders tasked with safeguarding digital identity, business enablement...

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Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Nov 18, 2024

Zero trust maturity: integrating the apps you’re missing

Disconnected apps challenge a Zero trust (ZT) strategy, mainly because they fall outside centralized identity management systems like Okta and Entra ID. In the first blog of this two part series, we explored the security risks that disconnected...

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By Thomas Bieser

| Oct 28, 2024

Why Social Media is the New Frontier for Cybersecurity Threats

Social media has become one of the most powerful channels for growing brand awareness, building customer relationships, and driving engagement. Gary Vaynerchuck has said that, “Social media is today's word of mouth. If you're not building a brand on...

Security,

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By Bora Repishti

| Oct 24, 2024

Collaboration without compromise: How to give your agencies access without losing control

Collaborating with agencies to manage your social media presence can be a game-changer for your brand, but it also comes with a unique set of challenges. You need to give them the access they need to post content, run campaigns, and engage with your...

Authentication

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Oct 21, 2024

Disconnected Apps: The Gap in Your Zero Trust Strategy

Zero trust (ZT) works when deployed consistently, but you can’t apply it to apps that are disconnected from your identity infrastructure. When we think of enterprise apps, we often focus on major SaaS apps like M365 and SalesForce. However, countless...

Zero Trust, cybersecurity

Cerby blog

By Bora Repishti

| Oct 8, 2024

Managing social media access shouldn't be your part-time job

Learn how automation can save your team hours

identity,

MFA via SMS

Cerby blog

By Bora Repishti

| Oct 7, 2024

Verizon outage leaves teams stranded – here’s how Cerby keeps you connected

Avoid lockouts and keep your social media accounts secure and always on with Cerby

sharing passwords

Cerby blog

By Bora Repishti

| Sep 30, 2024

Sharing corporate social media passwords? There’s a better way

Introducing our 5-part series: Protect your brand on social media Managing social media access shouldn’t mean juggling passwords, hunting down who has access, or constantly worrying about security. For many marketers, these challenges slow down...

Oktane heads to Vegas

Cerby blog

By Bora Repishti

| Sep 18, 2024

Bridge the Security Gap for Your Disconnected Apps with Cerby at Oktane 2024

We’re excited to announce that we'll be at Oktane 2024! We look forward to meeting with customers, partners, and industry experts at “the biggest Identity event of the year”!

oktane, identity

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Aug 28, 2024

How to get all your apps compliant with NYDFS

Cerby blog

By Thomas Bieser

| Jul 24, 2024

Cerby at Identiverse 2024: A Retrospective

Introduction Recently our team had the opportunity to spend time with much of the identity security community at the 2024 #Identiverse at the Aria in Las Vegas. The Aria, by far, has to be my favorite hotel for events in Las Vegas. Identiverse 2024...

Company

Cerby blog

By Thomas Bieser

| Jul 9, 2024

Releasing Cerby’s New Fearless Identity

As Cerby advances and transforms, our brand must reflect our bold vision. Today, we are thrilled to share Cerby’s new brand identity which emphasizes our commitment to modernizing identity security in the digital world.

Company

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Jul 9, 2024

Effortlessly Rotate Passwords with Cerby

68%! According to Verizon’s most recent Data Breach and Incidents Report released this summer, 68% is the percentage of data breaches attributed to what they call the ‘human element.’ What this really means is that credential issues related to web,...

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| May 21, 2024

Closing Zero Trust Gaps: RSA Webcast Invitation

Tackling the Last Mile Problem in Zero Trust In cybersecurity, the last mile problem continues to challenge organizations striving to implement a comprehensive zero trust strategy. Nonstandard and disconnected applications often fall outside the scope of...

Industry insights, Zero Trust

It's time to act

Cerby blog

By John Kindervag

| Jan 19, 2024

The Future of Zero Trust

Zero Trust is gaining momentum. Through top-down implementation and the proper incentives, we’ll see more international governments begin to adopt Zero Trust policies in the coming year.

Industry insights, Zero Trust

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Dec 8, 2023

Five Steps to Navigating Clop-dominated Risks in Healthcare

In cybersecurity, the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector faces an ever-evolving array of threats. The notorious Clop ransomware group has recently made headlines, targeting organizations with sophisticated attacks. These incidents underscore the...

Company

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Nov 13, 2023

Cerby Earns Spot on the CRN® 2023 Stellar Startups List

Alameda, CA – November 13, 2023 – Cerby, the comprehensive access management platform for nonstandard applications, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Cerbyto its 2023 Stellar Startups list in the Security category. This...

Company

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Nov 10, 2023

Election-Eve Security Check: A Dive Into Social Media Platforms

In the digital age, social media platforms have become the epicenters of political discourse, making their security a matter of national importance, especially as the US gears up for the November 2023 elections. Our latest research sheds light on the...

Company

Cerby Releases Threat Briefing: Social Media Security and Elections Report

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Nov 7, 2023

Cerby Releases “Threat Briefing: Social Media Security and Elections Volume II,” Providing a Detailed Analysis of Security Gaps in Social Media Platforms

Alameda, CA – November 7, 2023 –Cerby, the comprehensive access management platform for nonstandard applications, today announced its newest report, Threat Briefing: Social Media Security and Elections Volume II, a year-over-year analysis and research...

Company, Press release

Cerby Crowned Most Innovative in Identity and Access Management at Cyber Defense Awards 2023

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Oct 26, 2023

Cerby Wins Most Innovative Identity and Access Management

Company

Someone reading the daily news

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Oct 3, 2023

Cerby and Okta Partnership Announcement

ALAMEDA, CA – October 3, 2023 – Cerby, the comprehensive access management platform for nonstandard applications, today announced a partnership with the World’s Identity Company, Okta. Cerby's partnership with Okta expands the reach of Okta's...

Company, Partners

Reporters taking notes at a press conference

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Aug 22, 2023

Press Release: Cerby Announces Series A

Led by Two Sigma Ventures with significant participation from Outpost Ventures.

Company, Press release

Cerby blog

By Bel Lepe

| Aug 22, 2023

Announcing Our Series A Funding Round

Cerby raises $17M to mitigate the risks of nonstandard applications. Get a demo. What if you could lower your risk of breach by upwards of 15% without adding a single person to your security team?

Company, Press release

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Aug 9, 2023

Meet the Team Behind Cerby at Fall 2023 Events

As the temperature rises and summer starts to fade away, children eagerly head back to school while others plead with their parents for a few more days of fun in the sun. Meanwhile, our team is busy finalizing plans to meet you at some exciting events...

Company

Cerby blog

By John Kindervag

| Jul 18, 2023

Zero Trust Part Three: Policy and Monitoring

In this Part 3 of a series examining Zero Trust in more detail, John provides an in-depth view of the fourth and fifth steps in implementing Zero Trust architecture — creating policy and monitoring and maintaining the environment.

Security, Zero Trust

Team in office mapping transactions

Cerby blog

By John Kindervag

| May 25, 2023

Zero Trust Part Two: Lockdown Your Unmanageable Apps

In this Part 2 of a series examining Zero Trust in more detail, the creator of Zero Trust, John Kindervag, provides an in-depth view of the second and third steps in implementing Zero Trust architecture — mapping transaction flows and defining the...

Security, Zero Trust

the word trust

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| May 24, 2023

Webinar Recap: Zero Trust in the Age of Unmanageable Applications

Industry insights

need in a haystack

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| May 8, 2023

Linkedin Live Recap: Uncovering the Hidden Cybersecurity Threat in Your Organization

Industry insights

wolf hiding in the darkness

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Apr 24, 2023

The Hidden Cybersecurity Threat in Organizations: Nonfederated Applications

Unearthing the truth behind nonfederated applications through independent research.

Industry insights

From FUD to Framework: Unpacking CISA's Zero Trust blog image

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Apr 14, 2023

From FUD to Framework: Unpacking CISA's Zero Trust Maturity Model

Zero Trust is a journey and is not something you can buy from a vendor.

Industry insights

Man holding a mic

Cerby blog

By Bel Lepe

| Apr 13, 2023

Cerby and Khoros Partnership Announcement

Today, we are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Khoros, which allows brands to launch, manage, and secure their social media profiles quickly in coordination with the Khoros platform. Social media applications have traditionally been...

Company

Adobe account management

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Mar 28, 2023

Tips to Automate Adobe Account Management for Creative Cloud

As a creative professional, you likely use Adobe's suite of products to produce top-quality designs, illustrations, videos, and more. While Adobe's software is indispensable for creating stunning visual content, Adobe account management for teams,...

Automation

cubes with social media logos on them

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Mar 28, 2023

How to Manage Multiple Social Media Accounts

Digital marketing in the post-pandemic era has become more complex and extensive. One of the most significant factors to consider is access management regarding multiple social media accounts you manage on your company's behalf.

Security

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Mar 28, 2023

How to Choose the Right SSO Provider

As more applications move to the cloud, Single Sign-On (SSO) has become a popular way to simplify user authentication across multiple services. Instead of remembering multiple usernames and passwords, users can log in once and access all of their...

Industry insights

Tightly locked gate with chains and a padlock

Cerby blog

By John Kindervag

| Mar 28, 2023

Lockdown Your Unmanageable Apps

Security, Zero Trust

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Mar 20, 2023

Mastering Digital Onboarding: A Quick Guide to Success

Automation

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Mar 9, 2023

Blog: 5 Easy Steps to Secure Your Company's Social Media Accounts

With these five simple steps, learn how to secure your social media accounts and keep your brand safe from security threats.

Security

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Mar 1, 2023

Implementing a Zero Trust Policy: Best Practices and Use Cases

Security

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Feb 22, 2023

Why Enforcement Based Security Controls Don’t Always Work

An enforcement-based approach to security

Security

Cerby blog

By Bel Lepe

| Feb 15, 2023

Why Enterprise Password Managers Are Unnecessary

Enterprise Password Managers primarily exist because so few apps support standards like SSO and SCIM. We are changing that at Cerby.

Industry insights

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Jan 11, 2023

Introducing Cerby's 2023 State of Employee Trust Report

Cerby's research shows that employee application choice is intimately tied to how people get their work done and their job satisfaction levels.

Company

Cerby blog

By Bel Lepe

| Nov 16, 2022

Creator of Zero Trust, John Kindervag, Joins Cerby as an Advisor

I am excited to announce that John Kindervag, the creator of Zero Trust and one of the world’s foremost cybersecurity experts, has joined our Advisory Board. In this role, John will help us focus our efforts on some of the greatest dangers in the IT...

Company

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Nov 10, 2022

Social Media Security and Elections

Social media impact on the U.S. politics

Industry insights

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Sep 26, 2022

How to Secure Unmanageable Applications

Employer perceptions about applications used for work and the reality of the employees using them differ. According to our research, 92% of employees want full control over decisions about applications used for work. Because the applications employees...

Security

Introducing Cerby’s 2022 post-pandemic report

Cerby blog

By Bel Lepe

| Sep 15, 2022

Introducing Cerby’s 2022 Post-pandemic Report

When the pandemic hit, existing workplace practices and operations began an immediate transformation. Now, as we enter a post-pandemic era, we can begin to assess how organizations and their employees both fared and altered.

Company

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Sep 12, 2022

What is Application Choice?

Application choice: choosing the productivity and efficiency applications of your choice without security or IT approval in the workplace. Today, the majority of employees want full control over application choice, but many of those applications aren’t...

Security

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Sep 6, 2022

What are Unmanageable Applications?

Unmanageable applications: a new category of applications becoming increasingly challenging for businesses to manage and secure effectively, yet increasingly critical for businesses to succeed. Today, most organizations use apps to streamline processes...

Security

What is the COVID hangover?

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Aug 31, 2022

What is the COVID Hangover?

The COVID hangover: the lingering effects of a “make it work” mentality organizations adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Industry insights

Navigating a new approach for securing applications

Cerby blog

By Cerby Team

| Aug 22, 2022

Navigating a New Approach for Securing Applications

How employees use applications for work is changing. In the wake of COVID-19, the shift to remote work and rapid digitization empowered people to work however they wanted. Left to their own devices, employees started using the applications they...

Security

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Aug 3, 2022

Unmanageable Applications Defined, Explained, and Explored

What are unmanageable applications? Unmanageable applications are a class of applications defined by their lack of support for common identity and security standards. While Shadow IT can refer to any application used without IT and security approval,...

Security

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Jul 8, 2022

5 Ways to Protect Ad Spend

One of the biggest challenges marketers often face is protecting their ad spend across social media.

Security

Out of the shadows

Cerby blog

By Bel Lepe

| Jun 27, 2022

Out of the Shadows

Today, we are announcing a milestone in our journey: a $12 million seed funding round from Ridge Ventures, Bowery Capital, Okta Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and others, bringing total funding to $15.5 million. Approaches for dealing with shadow IT are...

Security

Cerby blog

By Matt Chiodi

| Jun 27, 2022

How does it make you feel when you are told you can only do something only if you do it a certain way with a very defined set of tools? If you are like me, you probably don’t like it, and it might even leave you feeling like you aren’t trusted. Welcome...

Security