{"id":4323,"date":"2019-03-20T14:45:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T18:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=4323"},"modified":"2019-03-20T15:03:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:03:34","slug":"the-top-6-identity-management-capabilities-for-enterprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/the-top-6-identity-management-capabilities-for-enterprises\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 6 Identity Management Capabilities For Enterprises"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We dive into the top 6 identity management capabilities for enterprises. Additionally, we explore why they help with both security and business efficiency! <\/span><\/p>\n

Why You Need Identity Management Capabilities<\/b><\/h2>\n

If even a single credential connected to your enterprise becomes compromised, your entire business could fall alongside it. Privileged identities exacerbate this worrisome truth; presently, at least <\/span>74% of all enterprise breaches<\/span><\/a> begin with stolen or weak privileged credentials. With illicitly gained credentials, hackers can disrupt your business processes, steal proprietary data or financial resources, or exploit your network\u2019s processing power undetected.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Without proper identity management capabilities in place, insider threats could run rampant throughout your IT environments. Thankfully, identity and access management can deter inexperienced hackers from targeting your enterprise. Identity forms a key component of the new digital perimeter, which can intimidate most external threats. <\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, identity and access management must form the archstone of your cybersecurity platform. Only with identity security in place can you protect your employees and customers from unwanted eyes and malicious intentions. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Top 6 Identity Management Capabilities<\/b><\/h2>\n

Of course, we cut this list down to size to make it readable and accessible for the layperson. We hope this list can help you sort through your IT decisions and help you determine whether your business needs a well-rounded IAM solution. On the other hand, you may need a more specialized solution such as PAM or IGA. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cloud Identity<\/b><\/h3>\n

The cloud constitutes a serious obstacle to traditional identity management capabilities; in fact, transitioning to the more porous cloud environment negates many legacy capabilities. Enterprises themselves must take responsibility for its identity security in the cloud, both in deployment and maintenance. Cloud vendors do not provide these services, at least not directly. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

New identity management capabilities can help deliver identity security to the cloud as well as hybrid cloud infrastructures. It optimizes identity integration across devices, operating systems, applications, and resources<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, <\/span>cloud identity<\/span><\/a> can help manage user access to WiFi networks, connect cloud servers, and facilitate authentication. Next-gen identity and access management IAM with IDaaS deployment options can help your enterprise with cloud identity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Multifactor Authentication <\/b><\/h3>\n

Multifactor authentication is possibly one of the most important identity management capabilities in this list. Unfortunately, despite their prevalence, passwords alone can\u2019t secure enterprise IT environments. <\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, hackers have developed numerous methods to crack or steal passwords from employees and privileged users. Also, with the prevalence of data breaches exposing passwords, credential stuffing tactics allow hackers to brute-force their way past password-only authentication systems. <\/span><\/p>\n

Two-factor authentication can offer more security; enterprises can mandate employees use a secondary authentication factor\u2014usually an SMS messaging system\u2014to help confirm their legitimacy before granting access. However, hackers have learned how to spoof those SMS messages and thus deceive employees into handing over the rest of their credentials. <\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, Multifactor Authentication (MFA) asks for several factors before granting employees or privileged users access to their baseline resources. Hackers can\u2019t brute-force past an MFA system; they\u2019d have to carefully subvert each factor, in turn, to possibly penetrate the network.<\/span><\/p>\n

The extra authentication factors in an <\/span>MFA system<\/span><\/a> includes: <\/span><\/p>\n