Why Overlooking Identity In Disaster Recovery Is Putting Businesses At Risk
ITProToday, Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
To protect critical operations, organizations should embed identity continuity into disaster recovery plans, using failover, DR-specific policies, and identity orchestration for resilience and uninterrupted access during crises.
Cyber adversaries have increasingly trained their sites on identity systems. IBM's 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index reports a 71% increase in cyberattacks exploiting user identities in 2023. The interconnected nature of modern enterprise infrastructures that span multiple cloud providers has turned identity systems into an enticing attack surface for cybercriminals.