Lumos Blog

The Future of IT in 2023: A Seat at the C-Suite Table or Jumping Ship?

IT 2023. It almost sounds like a sci-fi flick coming soon to a theatre near you. It’s what’s on most CIO’s minds, though, as digital transformation takes hold as a common thread throughout the company...and IT being the top billing star.

Cut Through the Vendor Clutter and Crush Your Digital Transformation Goals in 2023

A Quick-Guide to Weeding Out Your Next Digital Solution

Identity Automation at Scale

The best part? Self-service saves IT teams time while still maintaining security and compliance.

IT Holiday Gift Guide 2022

Here's a bunch of great gifts that your IT squad is sure to appreciate.

Audit Activity Log Management: Your (Overlooked) Compliance Bestie

If your company already has thoughtful security policies in place, an audit log can be even more beneficial because it will help you make sure these policies are being followed correctly throughout your organization.

The G2 Fall 2022 Grid Reports are Out and We Have Three Reasons to Celebrate

We are stoked to announce that Lumos was named a Leader in the G2 Fall 2022 Grid reports!

User Provisioning and Deprovisioning in IT

Understanding provisioning IT and deprovisioning are crucial first steps.

Crowdsource IT Across Your Company

Jeff Martin looked up from his computer screen and smiled. He was about to embark on his latest project that would not only have a huge impact on GitLab but with potential to help engineers and IT organizations across the industry.

SOC Vs SOX: Key Differences + How They Overlap in 2025

Things can get a bit hazy when learning all there is to know about the various compliance standards. Luckily, we’re here with a ton of great information about SOX compliance and the three different types of SOC audits and reports.

The IT Security Problem Lurking Beneath the Job Market Boom (and bust)

Both onboarding and offboarding scenarios leave opportunities for dangerous IT security problems in tech companies.

Identity Governance Explained

As a company with identities (think employees, third party vendors, databases, etc), your IT team needs an identity governance and access management plan.

Employee Offboarding Checklist

This employee off-boarding checklist will help you find areas where your process needs improvement and show you steps to take to improve your process.

Self-Service Setup Checklist

With Lumos, you make your company more productive and compliant with self-service app requests, access reviews, and license removals.

Awaken a Secure, Compliant & Productive Company

Make your employees more productive and your enterprise more compliant with self-service app requests, access reviews, and license management.

Cut Compliance Audit Preparation Time in Half

Access reports provide the data you need to resolve access discrepancies and demonstrate a log of activity to pass your compliance audit.

The Security Threat Even a Drone Can’t Spot

Skydio's drones are used to catch physical security threats, but even the best drones can’t spot weaknesses in a company’s IT security.

Who’s Afraid of SOC 2 Compliance?

Here are the three key things we learned during our SOC 2 compliance journey that can help you, right now.

On Building a Story-Led Company

We believe story-led is the next evolution of customer-centric. Let us introduce you to the story of Lumos.

We raised +$30M led by a16z and unveiled the first internal AppStore for companies

First-of-its-kind identity platform transforms SaaS management and identity governance with self-service solution

How This Media Company Increased Efficiency While Helping Their IT Team Avoid Burnout

To Jaques and Vox Media’s IT team, Lumos has been a “game-changer”

Self Service is Better For Everyone

“At the end of the day, we all just want to eliminate the tickets and improve IT customer service. Self-service is the answer.”

The Future of Lifecycle Management Is Unified, Intelligent, and Human

Rethink employee access: How Lumos transforms Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) from a broken IT task into seamless, secure, and strategic lifecycle management.

The Market is Ready for an Identity Transformation: Sailpoint IPO and the Future

Lumos Acquires Fastgen’s Technology to Supercharge Identity Security with Flexible Automation

We’re excited to share that we’ve acquired the technology of Fastgen, a YC-backed company with a low-code platform for workflows and automation.