IT and security teams want to protect sensitive data and systems from online threats to preserve both the bottom line and their organization’s reputation. This means securing access to cloud and on-prem infrastructure. But legacy techniques have largely failed users and IT administrators in this regard—it’s time for a modern approach. Why have legacy tools failed? As organizations adopt cloud IaaS to operate alongside traditional on-prem infrastructure, they need to establish secure identity and access management (IAM) for accessing critical infrastructure. Traditional static credentials used to access servers fail because they are too easily lost or stolen. Since there’s no intrinsic link to user identity profiles, it’s difficult to manage at scale. And manual provisioning and deprovisioning and credential sharing across multiple systems exposes organizations to security risks. Organizations are looking for a fresh approach that is purpose-built for modern cloud environments, and supports the automation of their DevOps practices.