12/08/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 12/08/2024 17:57
Robust Identity protection starts before attackers reach your digital front door.
Identity is the most common vector of attack for bad actors looking to improperly access sensitive information. Over 80% of breaches stem from some form of credential abuse, making the task of reliably authenticating Identity a core concern for security leaders in every industry.
But in many cases, security and IT leaders limit their focus to the act of authentication, constraining their window of opportunity to thwart would-be attackers to the moment of attack. And, while enforcement is central to any robust security strategy, this overemphasis on the moment of attack ignores opportunities to mitigate damage and prevent attacks beforeand afterauthentication.
To provide their organizations with the strongest possible defense against sophisticated threats, security leaders need to adopt a more holistic approach to Identity-powered security -- one that mitigates threats before, during, and afterauthentication-based attacks.
This blog focuses on the pre-authentication measures that security leaders should prioritize to maximize the strength of their Identity security posture: discovering vulnerabilities and determining proper access.
When security leaders fully address the pre-authentication aspects of Identity security, they can gain better overall visibility and uncover gaps in their security posture. This enables a proactive approach to Identity security before an attack becomes a breach.
Some organizations manage these responsibilities using an array of individual point solutions. However, this approach adds more complexity and operational friction to the task of keeping data and resources safe. Far from insulating the organization from a threat, the distributed authority and information silos inherent to these point solutions multiply the gaps bad actors can exploit.
A unified approach to Workforce Identity minimizes vulnerabilities by delivering a comprehensive, intuitive, and secure means of tackling the two most important pre-authentication security priorities:
A better way to discover gaps and determine access
Strong risk management begins with a full awareness of where the risk is coming from and what vulnerabilities it might exploit. A unified approach to Identity gives security and IT teams
Once vulnerabilities are brought to the surface, the right Identity solution should make the process of determining secure-by-design levels of access simple. A unified approach to Identity allows security and IT teams to:
Okta Workforce Identity Cloud (WIC) unifies the management of digital security across every aspect of Identity, including the exhaustive discovery and remediation of gaps in Identity posture.
For more information on the other stages of threat protection, keep an eye out for our next blogs on the unified response to authand post-authsecurity.