No one can afford to wait for the future to arrive before making critical identity security enhancements.
Most of the challenges we face with identity security arise from the diversity of the systems to which access and permissions must be controlled, the complexity of managing disparate solutions and platforms, and the shifting of users and the ever-evolving ways in which they access those systems.
Every time a system is introduced, we face a decision on how to secure access to that system. Do we approach it as a stand-alone system or as part of a unified whole that includes all critical assets and systems?
In a recent survey, nearly all respondents (95%) reported they had challenges managing identities, over 50 percent of large organizations are trying to manage more than 25 separate silos of access data, and 1 in 5 said they manage over 100 separate silos of data. That’s too much and too risky.But we can’t throw out existing systems simply because the new investment doesn’t work well with them. So, we’re left doing the best we can with existing processes, but often that isn’t enough.
Risk doesn’t go away simply because we’re trying hard. Compliance requirements don’t rest because we have the best intentions. And users don’t forgive inefficiency simply because systems don’t work well with each other.