Next time you sit down to enjoy your morning coffee at your desk, challenge yourself to count how many authentication requests you receive from various apps, devices, and systems throughout the working day. Enterprises’ solution to the rising threat of identity-related attacks has been implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect users. However, savvy attackers have…
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Securing Cloud Access with Continuous Access Evaluation Protocol (CAEP)
For today’s enterprises, security must adapt to the dynamic needs of the environments and the users. That takes integration and the ability to use everything from device characteristics to user behavior to make decisions about access and authentication. However, this integration and interoperability can be hard to come by. As organizations look to Zero Trust…
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The Identity Threat Detection and Response Lifecycle
Identity pros have long understood that identity is the new security perimeter. Identity systems like Active Directory (AD)—the primary identity store in use today—are primary targets for cyberattacks. By gaining access to AD, attackers can eventually grab the types of elevated privileges necessary to steal company and user data and intellectual property and to lock…
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Securing Your Remote Workforce Through Identity-Centric Security
For countless U.S. workers, the corporate office has moved from a multi-story building downtown to a four-walled room in their home. With the traditional network perimeter almost fully eroded, empowering employees to work remotely requires rethinking security, and many organizations have shifted toward a Zero Trust approach that puts identity at its center. By prioritizing…
