{"id":4487,"date":"2019-07-12T15:07:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T19:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=4487"},"modified":"2019-07-12T15:07:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T19:07:12","slug":"92-of-smbs-struggle-with-identity-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/92-of-smbs-struggle-with-identity-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"92% of SMBs Struggle With Identity Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recently, password manager LastPass by LogMeIn unveiled their latest study: <\/span>SMBs Guide to Modern Identity<\/span><\/a>. Among their critical finds, 92% of small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) deal with identity challenges in their environments. 47% cite ease of use as their biggest challenge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, 82% of SMB IT professionals say identity challenges and poor practices cause business risks. These can include improper access controls and loss of data both employee and customer. Yet businesses continue to struggle to implement identity management<\/a> on their networks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Other Identity Challenges Findings by LastPass<\/b><\/h3>\n

SMB IT professionals spend on average 4 hours on password management problems each, receiving 96 password-related requests each month. As such, 95% of surveyed SMB IT professionals say their businesses should emphasize strong password policies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, John Bennett, General Manager of the Identity and Access Management Business Unit at LogMeIn, offered some interesting commentary on the study.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen used individually, enterprise password management, SSO, and multifactor authentication, all bring unique security and productivity benefits to a business. But when brought together under one solution, businesses have complete security and visibility into every user and access point in their business\u2026With more limited resources, it\u2019s particularly important for SMBs to look for all-in-one solutions.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To combat their identity challenges, SMB IT professionals state next-generation identity management capabilities could help them. These include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n