In today's interconnected digital landscape, enterprise organizations are increasingly vulnerable to identity-based threats.
According to recent studies, over 80% of data breaches are attributed to compromised credentials, highlighting the critical need for robust identity threat detection solutions.
In its Emerging Tech Wave: Security report, Gartner highlights the growing importance of identity threat detection and response in the face of evolving cybersecurity threats.
As organizations adopt decentralized architectures and rely increasingly on digital identities, ITDR becomes a critical component of their cybersecurity posture.
Gartner defines ITDR as a collection of tools, processes, and technologies that enable organizations to proactively detect, investigate, and respond to threats targeting identities and access privileges.
These threats can range from phishing and credential stuffing attacks to account takeovers and privilege escalation.
The report underscores the need for organizations to move beyond traditional identity and access management solutions and adopt comprehensive ITDR strategies.
Traditional IAM solutions primarily focus on preventing unauthorized access to systems and resources, but they often fall short in detecting and responding to sophisticated attacks that target identities.
Expanded Attack Surfaces: The growing adoption of IoT devices, mobile devices, and social media has expanded the attack surface for identity-based threats.
Enterprise organizations typically rely on traditional identity and access management solutions to safeguard their digital assets.
This lack of visibility creates blind spots that can be exploited by threat actors seeking to compromise user identities and gain unauthorized access to sensitive resources.
Another critical failing of current identity threat detection solutions is their limited ability to detect insider threats.
Dedicated contextual identity management dashboard to provide AI informed insights and details that combine log aggregations with AI risk scoring.
While application access is provisioned within Okta, looking at normal access patterns can help provide early indication of malicious activity.
While a user may have access to dozens of published applications, they usually only access a small number of those apps regularly.
The dedicated Identity Management security dashboard provides one click access analytical insights and contextual information.
Organizations should adopt a risk-based approach to ITDR, focusing on protecting their most critical assets and identities.
The prevalence of identity-based threats poses a significant challenge to enterprise organizations, necessitating a paradigm shift in the approach to identity threat detection.
Current solutions are failing to provide the level of protection required to mitigate the risks posed by evolving cyber threats.
It is imperative that enterprise organizations prioritize the adoption of advanced identity threat detection solutions to mitigate the growing risks posed by identity-based threats and ensure a secure digital environment for their operations.
This Cyber News was published on securityboulevard.com. Publication date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 18:43:07 +0000