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Bryan Christ is an IT professional with more than twenty years of industry experience. His fascination with technology started in the early 80’s with the Commodore VIC-20. He first published in 1991 and began his professional career a few years later. Along the way, he has worked for a number of high profile companies including Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and MediaFire. Most of his career has been focused on open-source and software development opportunities with an emphasis on project management, team leadership, and executive oversight. After serving two years as a VCIO in the Greater Houston area, Bryan carried his skills to Bravura Security where he focuses on security and access governance. In addition to his work with Bravura Security, he frequently contributes to several open-source projects and a number of SaaS related endeavors.
Since one of our original articles focused on how higher education can fight back against hackers, the threat landscape has only grown. As of 2025, cybercriminals are increasingly targeting students as a means to infiltrate university systems. With...
July 8, 2025
Read MoreThe 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report highlights the latest trends in higher education identity and access management (IAM) and confirms several ongoing challenges. Fortunately, automation can solve many of these problems and that is good news, since...
June 23, 2025
Read MoreIn today's ever-changing technological climate, passwords are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they protect our sensitive data from breaches — on the other, they're a moving target for hackers. We need a different password for each account,...
May 1, 2025
Read MoreEducational institutions oversee hundreds or thousands of students and faculty members daily. Therefore, it's no surprise they deal with large volumes of valuable data, like:
April 23, 2025
Read MoreIn the last two years, 79% of organizations have experienced an identity-related security breach, according to research from the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA). That’s a truly staggering number, however, the even more shocking statistic...
April 23, 2025
Read MoreManaging data access is an ongoing journey for businesses in the financial services industry. Policies such as the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) establish regulations that your business must follow when implementing...
April 23, 2025
Read MoreA stark reality faces modern enterprises: 94% of cyber attacks now specifically target identity systems, not traditional network defenses. As threats rapidly evolve, organizations struggling with fragmented identity and access management (IAM), ...
March 31, 2025
Read MoreThe enterprise technology landscape is experiencing a remarkable transformation that will fundamentally change how organizations approach identity and access management. AI industry leaders such as Sam Altman of OpenAI, and Jensen Huang of NVIDIA,...
March 28, 2025
Read MoreThe identity security landscape has reached a critical tipping point. As AI-powered attack tools become readily available, attackers target identity credentials and privileged access with unprecedented sophistication and scale. Traditional...
February 20, 2025
Read MoreIn an enterprise emergency like a cyberattack or a natural disaster, retaining control over your vital systems is crucial. Bravura Privilege arms your team with the advanced PAM tools necessary for rapid and secure system management, reducing...
September 26, 2024
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