Part one of a multi-part series “Identity is the perimeter of security.” I was introduced to this phrase in 2012 after my manager returned from a conference. He scrawled that phrase at the top of the whiteboard in his office, and there it stayed until I eventually moved on from that organization in late 2013. Though I had already spent seven years working in identity and access management by that time, the magnitude of that saying was mostly lost on me. Ten years on, the phrase “identity is the perimeter of security” has only grown in accuracy and applicability. Our new CISO has evolved the saying: Identity isn’t the perimeter; it is the foundation of modern business.” Over the next several weeks, the Okta on Okta blog will focus on exactly how an identity-first approach to security reduces the effectiveness of several common cybersecurity attacks. Here at Okta, we use.