A Wave Of Identity Security Reports Defines A Big Problem
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
There have been a wealth of reports lately articulating the poor state of identity risk. We find these reports meaningful because they all make the same central point: identity risk is one of the biggest threats facing CISOs today.
The most 'show stopping' data points from these reports comes courtesy of Ping Identity, which found that 97% of organizations are challenged by identity verification. The company also found that only 45% are using multifactor authentication (MFA) to verify the identity of users. We've written at length, including in a recent blog post, about how not all MFA is equally adept at stopping identity-based attacks. Some MFA is phishing resistant, but other forms are susceptible to attacks. Using phishing-resistant MFA is the only way to achieve the primary objective: to stop identity breaches.