Survey Surfaces Scope Of Identity And Access Management Challenges
Security Boulevard, Thursday, May 29th, 2025
A survey of 625 IT and IT security professionals in the U.S. published today finds only half (50%) consider the investments made in identity and access management (IAM) tools to be effective.
Conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of GuidePoint Security, a provider of cybersecurity services, the survey also finds only 44% have high confidence in their ability to prevent identity-based incidents.
In total, 50% of respondents report there has been an identity-based security incident in the past 12 months. The causes of those incidents were compromised or stolen credentials (34%), identity theft (25%) and phishing (23%), according to the survey.