Identity-First Security Maximizes Cybersecurity Effectiveness

As organizations adopt more applications and technologies from more diverse locations and devices than ever before, the perimeter is no longer the most important line of defense. Protecting the user is just as, if not more, critical as protecting the resources themselves.

Security leaders looking to adopt or accelerate a Zero Trust strategy must put identity at the core of their cybersecurity strategy. Furthermore, Gartner® predicts that by 2026, 70% of identity-first security strategies will fail unless organizations adopt context-based access policies that are continuous and consistent.

Read this Gartner report to:

  • Understand the importance of contextual-based access policies
  • Learn the 3 C’s approach to an identity-first security strategy
  • Add additional attributes to your existing IAM policies 

Gartner, Identity-First Security Maximizes Cybersecurity Effectiveness, Rebecca Archambault, Felix Gaehtgens, James Hoover, Ant Allan, 7 December 2022

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