During the past few months, as the COVID-19 pandemic has spread around the globe, we’ve witnessed a global rise in identity and phishing attacks. But identity-related breaches don’t just happen during a time of crisis; they are prevalent, unfortunately, even in the best of times. To better understand the identity-related security landscape, the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), an organization Okta is a board member of, worked with Dimensional Research to create a survey analyzing large companies’ approaches towards security and identities. The survey included 502 participants in the US who are directly responsible for IT security or identity access management at a company with more than 1,000 employees. Here’s what the survey found: Identity-related breaches are happening everywhere Around the world, identity-related breaches have become ubiquitous. These types of attacks have a lot in common, but they can take on many different forms, including: Phishing — pretending to.