Enterprises left dangerously exposed by identity protection ‘maturity myth’

New research from Osterman and Silverfort reveals that although nearly 70 percent of organizations believe their identity defenses are ‘mature’ there is a worrying gap between perception and reality. This comes against a rising tide of identity threats, 72.1 percent of identity leaders report that the threat level of identity-related attacks has increased or remained unchanged in the past year. The most significant jumps include AI-powered attacks, ransomware-based attacks, and social engineering of desk staff to reset credentials or MFA factors (up 14.3 percent). Nearly every organization surveyed (93.7 percent) is concerned about account takeover due to compromised credentials in… [Continue Reading]