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What 4 obstacles stop your business\u2019 identity authentication success? <\/span><\/p>\n Identity authentication naturally forms the core of your enterprise\u2019s <\/span>identity and access management<\/span><\/a> platform. In fact, identity authentication must serve as the foundation for your other IAM and privileged access management capabilities. Authentication contributes to your modern digital perimeter; it helps ensures proper role management and regulatory compliance.<\/span><\/p>\n After all, if you can\u2019t verify your users, how can you ensure their permissions remain consistent and appropriately limited? How can you govern their identities and ensure compliance? Without strong identity authentication, how can your enterprise keep hackers out of your IT environment?<\/span><\/p>\n To help strengthen your enterprise\u2019s identity authentication, we compiled the 4 obstacles hindering its success. Keep an eye out for…<\/span><\/p>\n While traditional identity and access management solutions offer identity authentication, privileged access management (<\/span>PAM<\/span><\/a>) specializes in it. Not only do PAM solutions help protect your super-users\u2014those empowered to remake your databases\u2014but also your regular users. Indeed, PAM solutions help ensure full verification and fulfillment of the Principle of Least Privilege. Moreover, privileged access management facilitates password hygiene, which locks down credentials from abuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, enterprises continue to struggle in deploying and maintaining PAM solutions. According to a recent study by solution provider <\/span>Thycotic<\/span><\/a>, 28% of security found the biggest challenge is convincing team members to use the PAM solution. 85% of enterprises don\u2019t meet basic PAM security standards. <\/span><\/p>\n How can you improve your PAM standards and thus your identity authentication? <\/span><\/p>\n No matter how strong your identity authentication policies and strategies, you still need your employee\u2019s participation. The best way to ensure that participation, in turn, is to strengthen their password security behaviors through strong policies.<\/span><\/p>\n Cybersecurity experts saddle passwords with a poor reputation\u2014a reputation not undeserved. Indeed, even the most amateur of hackers can crack passwords with easily acquired programs. Alternatively, hackers can use information gleaned from social media to guess users\u2019 passwords with alarming accuracy. If the users based their passwords on their own lives, hackers may already have it. <\/span><\/p>\n In addition, hackers frequently collaborate with each other to use stolen users\u2019 credentials. As recent discoveries indicate, they can compile stolen passwords for several breaches into easily accessible databases. Other threat actors use these databases for their attacks, especially credential stuffing attacks. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Oftentimes, users\u2019 own behaviors weaken their passwords further. Many employees still use credentials found on the Worst Passwords List\u2014including 123456, the iconic terrible password. Due to the sheer volume of passwords users must remember, they tend to repeat their credentials across multiple accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n Obviously, repeating passwords decreases the integrity of your identity authentication; it makes credential stuffing attacks far more effective and increases the chances of guessing. What can your enterprise do to solve this problem? <\/span><\/p>\n Single-factor identity authentication is the true culprit behind so many enterprise-level data breaches. Passwords by themselves prove inadequate protection against cyber attacks. However, even sophisticated biometrics falter when it serves as the only defense against external and <\/span>internal threat actors<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Every obstacle you place between your databases and digital assets adds another layer of safety against hackers; while no digital perimeter can guarantee 100% safety, stronger perimeters can deflect the vast majority of hackers. <\/span><\/p>\n In fact, a strong digital perimeter through <\/span>identity authentication<\/span><\/a> can deter most hackers from even targeting your business. Hackers prefer easier targets, and won\u2019t bother attacking one with strong cybersecurity. <\/span><\/p>\n Multifactor authentication<\/span><\/a> factors can include passwords, but they can also include:<\/span><\/p>\n Granted, two-factor identity authentication can help secure your enterprise as well. However, while two-factor authentication may prove stronger than single-factor authentication, it may not hold up to hackers\u2019 attacks. <\/span><\/p>\n For example, many two-factor authentication systems use SMS messaging to a mobile device as the second factor. Unfortunately, hackers can now subvert these messages, tricking users into giving up their credentials unwittingly. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Instead, you need multifactor authentication across your enterprise, regardless of your users\u2019 permissions. <\/span><\/p>\n Your enterprise needs identity authentication to best serve both your employees and your customers. Of course, how you deploy your authentication must depend on who you aim to protect and who you need to verify. Failing to do so can result in inconsistent identity enforcement or disruptions to your business processes. Your users\u2019 roles in your enterprise matters significantly. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For instance, customers benefit from smoother identity authentication processes which don\u2019t impact their user experience; these can involve social media sign-on rather than elaborate multifactor authentication. While this leaves their accounts more vulnerable, enforcing too many requirements to their access can lead to customer abandonment. <\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, for your more regular users, you can balance their experience with your need for identity management through step-up authentication. Step-up authentication asks for more authentication factors as the sensitivity of the access requests increases. Logging into the network requires only two identity factors whereas requesting access to sensitive assets requires five or more factors.<\/span><\/p>\n Don\u2019t let these obstacles to identity authentication leave you vulnerable. Get started on improving your authentication today! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you want to learn more, be sure to check out our free 2019 Buyer\u2019s Guides. We examine the top vendors in the field and their key capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n Also, you should check out Identiverse. Identiverse 2019 is coming soon, and now\u2019s the time to sign up! Use the discount code REGISTERNOW19 when you<\/span> register<\/span><\/a> before May 31 to save $250! You can sign up<\/span> here<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n What 4 obstacles stop your business\u2019 identity authentication success? Identity authentication naturally forms the core of your enterprise\u2019s identity and access management platform. 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2. Weak Password Policies<\/b><\/h3>\n
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3. Failure to Deploy Multifactor Authentication<\/b><\/h3>\n
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4. Not Modifying Your Identity Authentication<\/b><\/h3>\n
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