From remote employees working with personal devices to marketing consultants logging in to shared social media accounts, to customers using SaaS applications for authentication, they can access the organization’s information at any given moment without crossing traditional network boundaries. Sensitive assets.
This is why the ability of access management tools to map access between personal identities and protected resources and provide real-time access control for these connections is essential for the implementation of a strong corporate network security strategy. However, with the continuous changes in the scope of resources that users need to access, and the impact of new driving factors on business strategies, the ability to access management solutions is also continuously enhanced, and more and more overlap and merge with adjacent security fields.
So, what is the most important thing when evaluating access management tools now? If you vote for stakeholders across the organization, you might get a variety of different answers, because most access management plans are initiated by a single functional owner with specific goals and tactics or short-term needs. Although there are different opinions, most of the relevant investment drivers can be divided into four categories:
- defense***
- Improve operational efficiency
- Promote digital business
- Meet audit requirements and compliance
Take a quick transition to remote work as an example. IT security teams must provide employees with secure remote access to withstand the rising network*** associated with COVID-19. This requirement has led to a disproportionate investment in access management solutions that protect remote workers, but may limit the widespread use of these solutions in other use cases. Most importantly, the passive reliance on temporary solutions has led to a whole host of completely different access management tools that can only meet specific needs and create potential security vulnerabilities in the digital identity environment of the entire organization.
Four major trends in access management in the future
1. The tactical expansion of access management tools has led to serious security consistency challenges, and subsequently moved to a unified access platform to integrate control. Most of these tools already include multi-factor authentication (MFA), identity lifecycle management, and basic access management functions, such as access requests with approval workflows and directory synchronization. However, the most effective platform protects identities through a privilege-centric approach, embeds powerful privileged access management controls, and expands its coverage. For example, single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) of AM tools are used to authenticate and authenticate users for privileged account access, session isolation, and endpoint permission control. This fusion of privileged access management and access management adds many benefits, such as reducing risk, and creating a new source for context adaptive access control.
2. The second trend that will bring us- AI - based identity management and adaptive identity verification . Fundamental changes have taken place in corporate access requirements. At the same time, the authentication process has not kept pace, which can be proven from the universal control based on passwords. Every year, more than 60% of enterprises encounter security breaches, and about 40% of them are caused by the disclosure of user passwords. Traditional high-friction password processes are generally ineffective because they rely on end users to remember complex passwords that are constantly changing. When users are faced with strong authentication methods, they usually skip the security process to perform their job tasks more conveniently.
Adaptive access management supported by artificial intelligence provides a compelling alternative. These solutions can run without manual intervention, collect and analyze intelligence about user behavior, such as visualizing and contextualized risks, discover threat patterns, and dynamically adjust the authentication process and access control. For example, organizations can create policies to prevent high-risk users from launching applications with customer data without using high-security MFA factors such as physical tokens or fingerprint readers to verify their identity. At the same time, low-risk users who access low-risk applications can skip secondary authentication. This approach reduces the friction and complexity often associated with "always on" MFA control.
3. People's expectations for great digital experiences have reached unprecedented heights. Advances in customer identity and access management (CIAM) help companies meet these needs by providing more convenient and secure customer access to their websites and applications.
Traditionally, customer authentication is a point-in-time decision based on the initial credentials provided by the user. If the customer’s device or credentials are compromised, it may lead to unauthorized access. Modern CIAM solutions use user behavior analysis (similar to the one described above), such as measuring navigation activities based on established baselines, to accurately verify customer identity. Advanced CIAM functions such as profile management, customer consent management, and master data management can support the entire digital customer journey.
4. Cloud competition drives the demand for scalable "as-a-service" security solutions, and access management is no exception. Organizations are adopting the access management provided by SaaS to simplify deployment and use, provide stronger end-to-end security and achieve a series of operational advantages. Organizations that include applications with a wide range of mixed environments, traditional or non-standard, are also making changes, thanks to services such as application gateways, which can ensure remote access to internal applications and allow users to click SSO in one click Access all the applications you need.
With the development of the IT environment, cybercriminals are increasingly targeting identity, and more and more organizations adopt a "zero trust" mentality. Leaders in security, risk, and identity must evaluate new access management Consider these four trends in the tools and methods.
Article source: https://www.cyberark.com/resources/blog/four-trends-shaping-the-future-of-access-management
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