Ever since I joined Beyond Identity, I've been passionate about solving real problems for our customers. Today, I want to share something that will fundamentally change how you get value from your security investments - the Shared Signals Framework, a standard being developed by the Shared Signals Working Group within the OpenID Foundation where multiple security vendors are now collaborating to standardize security signal sharing.

The Problem Every CISO Faces

If you're like most security leaders I talk to, you've invested in multiple best-of-breed security tools. Each one is powerful in its domain, but getting them to work together? That's where the headaches begin.

You've paid for all this valuable security data, but it's trapped in silos. Your endpoint solution knows about device health, your IAM system knows about authentication patterns, and your cloud security tools know about suspicious behaviors - but they struggle to share that intelligence automatically and in real-time.

The result? You're not getting the full ROI from your security investments, and your team is building and maintaining custom integrations instead of focusing on strategic security initiatives.

How Shared Signals Framework Changes the Game

Imagine if all your security tools could automatically share intelligence in real-time using a standardized approach:

• When CrowdStrike detects malware, your identity provider receives this signal and can decide to revoke active sessions across applications
• Your access management system receives device compliance status updates from JAMF or Microsoft Intune and can adjust access permissions accordingly
• When ZScaler detects suspicious network activity, your authentication system receives this signal and can choose to require additional verification steps

This isn't just about technical elegance - it's about maximizing the return on every security dollar you've spent. Each tool becomes more valuable because it can leverage intelligence from your entire security ecosystem.

Beyond Identity's Unique Position

At Beyond Identity, we've already built and maintained hundreds of proprietary integrations with leading security vendors. We currently ingest and export signals from and to CrowdStrike, JAMF, ZScaler, Microsoft, and many others.

This experience has made us experts at security signal sharing, but it's also shown us how unsustainable the current approach is. That's why we're not just implementing the Shared Signals Framework - we're actively participating in the working group, helping build the standard based on our real-world integration experience.

We're uniquely positioned to lead this transformation because we operate at multiple points in the security stack - as a consumer of security events, an endpoint solution, and an SSO provider. We understand the challenges from every angle.

The Future We're Building

Beyond Identity is taking an active role in bringing the Shared Signals Framework to life. We've developed our own SSF transmitter implementation, are participating in industry interoperability testing, and are already demonstrating practical applications with partners.

The real power comes when we can go beyond login decisions to control specific actions within applications. This is where Shared Signals Framework becomes a foundational element of Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) - the security model where access is granted just-in-time, only when needed, and verified every time. Imagine policies that automatically check real-time security signals before allowing critical actions like:

• Deleting repositories in GitHub
• Adding admin privileges
• Accessing sensitive financial data

This approach to Zero Standing Privileges is the future of security automation - not just better security, but security that delivers more value from your existing investments while dramatically reducing your attack surface.