To provide their organizations with the strongest possible defense against the rising tide of sophisticated threats, security leaders need to adopt an approach to Identity-powered security that mitigates threats before, during, and after authentication-based attacks. Central to this approach is authentication itself –– specifically, the robust enforcement of phishing-resistant authentication protocols across every device and system. It all boils down to an Identity strategy that can ensure the right person has the right level of access at the right time. The threat environment makes the responsibility to enforce these protocols more urgent –– and more complicated. According to IBM, phishing is the leading initial attack vector for successful breaches, accounting for 41% of incidents. Identity is at the center of every organization’s risk profile: Per Verizon, over 80% of data breaches in 2023 involved stolen credentials. Today, we’ll focus on the authentication tools and strategies security leaders should employ to.