The Clarity Chronicle

Overprovisioning identity is more than an IT inconvenience; it’s a growing cybersecurity risk with real-world consequences

This post outlines strategies to define IAM outcomes, align them with data, and implement an “Identity Fabric” approach, supported by actionable third-party insights.

In this post, we’ll focus on two critical aspects of IAM success: raising awareness within your organization and broadening peer support to strengthen your IAM efforts.

The pressure to innovate is palpable, but so is the need to balance this innovation with practical execution. For organizations willing to rethink their approach, IAM offers an opportunity to not just keep pace but to drive success.

As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, protecting against identity risks is a top priority for organizations aiming to secure their systems and data.

By unifying access control, streamlining provisioning, and enforcing security policies across a diverse application landscape, Entra ID enables businesses to create a cohesive, secure access environment.

In response to the growing demand for a transformative approach to identity management, AKA Identity launched today its cutting-edge platform early access program.

By allowing organizations to define access policies based on real-world conditions such as user identity, device state, location, and risk level, Conditional Access enhances security without compromising productivity.

By providing visibility into access patterns, user behaviors, and potential risks, identity intelligence empowers businesses to make informed decisions that enhance security, operations, and the bottom line.

A strong identity management system is essential for maintaining compliance, not only as a safeguard but as a foundational requirement.

For enterprise organizations, managing user access across a hybrid environment of cloud and on-premises systems is one of the biggest challenges in their digital infrastructure.

Managing identities efficiently while maintaining high security standards is a challenge for many organizations.

As businesses continue to adopt cloud technologies while maintaining on-premises systems, managing identities across these hybrid infrastructures has become a complex challenge.

Identity and Access Management (IAM) goes beyond simply controlling who can access your systems—it's about aligning your identity strategies with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and security needs.

Centralizing identity management is essential for ensuring that all employees, contractors, and non-human entities have the right access—no more, no less.

As the number of both human and non-human identities continues to grow, organizations must adopt advanced technologies like AI and data science to stay ahead of security threats and ensure compliance.

Identity analytics provides a powerful way to understand and control access, helping you mitigate risks that traditional security measures might miss.

The way identities are managed—who has access to what—is the most critical focal point in cybersecurity.

Identity analytics is more than just a tool for managing access—it’s a game-changer in securing critical systems and data.

User Access Reviews (UARs) have been a cornerstone of digital security since organizations first recognized the need to control who could access sensitive information and resources.

The concept of augmented identity is gaining significant traction, particularly in workforce management.

Identity resolution is the process of accurately identifying and linking different pieces of data that relate to the same entity or individual across various data sets. In simpler terms, it's about connecting the dots between disparate sets of information to form a cohesive picture of a person, entity, or thing.

Identity Analytics and Intelligence (IdA) is an emerging concept in identity and access management (IAM) that combines data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to provide deeper insights into identity-related risks and improve decision-making around access control and governance.