2020 Changed Identity Forever; What s Next?
For all the chaos the pandemic caused, it also sparked awareness of how important an identity-centric approach is to securing today s organizations.
Nearly overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic left business leaders in 2020 scrambling to support a workforce that had suddenly gone almost entirely remote. Simultaneously, as the number of telecommuters grew, so did cloud spending, which accelerated two of the last decade s leading technology trends. Underpinning it all was the ability to provide secure identity and access management (IAM).
Identity and access management reemerged as a strategic focus during the pandemic because it is a natural outgrowth of cloud adoption, an increasingly remote workforce, and the disappearance of the traditional network perimeter. With many workers operating entirely out of the office, the ability to securely utilize cloud solutions was even more critical than it had been previously making protecting and provi
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Identity Defined Security Alliance Unveils Winners of Inaugural Identity Management Awards on .
Identity Defined Security AllianceApril 13, 2021 GMT
DENVER, April 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), a nonprofit that provides vendor-neutral education and resources to help organizations reduce the risk of a breach by combining identity and security strategies, today announced the winners of the inaugural Identity Management Awards. The awards are part of today’s first-ever Identity Management Day, hosted by the IDSA in partnership with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA). Winners were selected by a panel of judges from the IDSA and NCSA for their commitment to identity management and security as an enabler to business operations while reducing risks.
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Happy Identity Management Day
Every dog has its day as the saying goes and it s increasingly the case that every aspect of information technology has one too a day that is, not a dog.
Today is Identity Management Day, created by the The National Cybersecurity Alliance and the Identity Defined Security Alliance. It s the first one so you can forgive the lack of greetings cards and themed balloons in the shops but there is plenty of industry comment.
Anurag Kahol, CTO and co-founder of Bitglass says, Identity Management Day emphasizes the importance of protecting our digital identities (which is increasingly critical as the acceleration of digital transformation efforts opens new doors for threat actors). With many internet users holding dozens of online accounts across various services, it has become more difficult for them to memorize numerous, complex passwords. Unfortunately, password reuse has become a common malpractice that increases the chances of account hijacking when o