Keith Squires, Author at PathMaker Group

About Keith Squires

Keith earned a degree in Business Administration from Stephen F. Austin State University and spent his early years at Bell Helicopter Textron. He has spent over 25 years in IT with a focus on strategic and project-based consulting and engagement management. His efforts have resulted in a successful track record of delivering complex technology projects on time with high client satisfaction. He currently holds the certification of Project Management Professional.

Entries by Keith Squires

Your journey toward IAM maturity requires the right MAP

04/14/2016/in Access Management, Design, ESSO, Federation, IAM Maturity, Identity Management, PathMaker Group, Planning, Policy Development, Provisioning, Role Design, Security Assessments, Security Framework, Security Services, Strategic Planning/by Keith Squires

Leadership Essential in Cybersecurity Dynamics

03/31/2016/in Design, Execution, Incident Response, News, PathMaker Group, Planning, Policy Development, Security Assessments, Security Awareness, Security Framework, Security Services, Strategic Planning, Threat Advisories, Threat Management, Top-Down, Uncategorized, Vulnerability Management/by Keith Squires

Are your C-level leaders sending a clear message about Cyber Security? Despite the high profile security breaches making news headlines and increased attention around cyber risks, executives in the C-suites are still lacking commonality and communication of a clear goal when it comes to a cybersecurity strategy. These individuals need to work together to manage […]

Building an IAM Roadmap – A five step process

01/21/2016/in Access Management, Design, Execution, Identity Management, PathMaker Group, Planning, Security Assessments, Security Framework, Security Services, Strategic Planning, Top-Down/by Keith Squires

Since 2003, our teams have been part of over 350 efforts to implement or rescue Identity and Access Management (“IAM”) projects. Our customers, most of whom have become great friends, are from all over the US, crossing many disparate and unique industries. In most cases, they are working to solve similar business problems and to […]

Three Characteristics of a Mature Identity and Access Management Program

11/30/2015/in Access Management, Active Directory, Attributes Modification, Design, ESSO, Federation, Identity Management, PathMaker Group, Planning, Policy Development, Provisioning, Role Design, Security Awareness, Strategic Planning/by Keith Squires

Identity and Access Management (“IAM”) as an industry started gaining significant recognition and momentum around 2003. During these last 12 years, we’ve seen product vendors come and go, we’ve seen industry consolidation, and we’ve seen important product innovation driven by real business need. While all this has been going on, many companies have leveraged IAM […]

The PathMaker Group Christmas Party — Not at all what you would expect!

01/12/2015/0 Comments/in Philanthropy/by Keith Squires

While the Christmas flurry is still on your mind, here’s a new idea to consider before your company books that steak house reservation for next year. PathMaker Group, like many companies, enjoys gathering our employees together for a celebratory dinner. It’s fun to get everyone in the same room, reconnect with spouses, and enjoy […]

A Sobering Day for All CEOs

05/05/2014/0 Comments/in Access Management, IBM, IBM QRadar, Identity Management, Incident Response, PathMaker Group, Penetration Testing, Planning, Security Access Manager, Security Awareness, Security Services, Threat Management, Vulnerability Management/by Keith Squires

Sadly, the CEO presiding over Target during the recent data breach resigned today. See USA today article. This series of unfortunate events for Target begs a key question relating to the risks every company CEO faces today. Did Target leadership ask the right questions about overall IT security and the risk every company faces? Protecting […]

Breach at Target Stores Affect 40 Million Customer Card Accounts

12/19/2013/0 Comments/in PathMaker Group, Press, Security Awareness, Security Services, Threat Advisories, Threat Management, Vulnerability Management/by Keith Squires

Target suffered a major data breach losing credit, debit and Red card numbers for as many as 40 million customers across 1900 stores in US and Canada. This will go down as one of the largest breaches in recent history and it comes at the worst possible time. Consumers may have to cancel their cards just they […]

Ingestible Computers

06/28/2013/0 Comments/in Security Awareness, Smart Pills, Threat Management, Uncategorized/by Keith Squires

Today I had the opportunity to be a guest on over a dozen Fox News Radio affiliates around the county to discuss the topic of the “password pill.” These tiny, ingestible “smart pills” may be making their way to a pharmacy near you as early as next year. These traveling sensors are in the form […]

Giving Thanks at PathMaker Group

11/21/2011/0 Comments/in PathMaker Group/by Keith Squires

This week is Thanksgiving and I have a lot reasons to be thankful. I enjoy my job, I work with great people, and we provide a valuable service to our clients by helping them make sense of an extremely complicated industry. About ten years ago I set out to establish a company that would last […]

EHR Stimulus Incentive

09/14/2011/0 Comments/in EHR Technology, Identity Management, PathMaker Group, Security Awareness, Security Services/by Keith Squires

EHR technology is a medical software that can help your practice keep track of and treat patients more efficiently and effectively. Additionally, many of these technologies, when implemented correctly and used properly, are subject to government incentives, making them affordable to install. With the Stimulus Incentive Calculator app for the iPhone, you can figure out […]