Top 10 Identity And Access Management Risks
Search Security, Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
Organizational security is undermined by a number of identity and access management problems. Learn what those risks are and get ideas on how to solve them.
In the realm of identity and access management, or IAM, there is an enormous range of controls and processes that security and IT operations teams need to consider to help secure users and other accounts both on-premises and in the cloud. As the scope of IAM has grown over the years and the number of controls and technologies has expanded, it's increasingly common to find that organizations are still missing some of the most fundamental best practices. While this is a rapidly changing and evolving area, there are a number of well-known identity and access management risks that commonly affect organizations.
What follows here is a list of the most prevalent identity and access management risks. They're given in no particular order, along with a discussion of why many teams often fall short in managing these IAM risks and how they can improve the situation.