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#CMOInsights: How to #BeIdentitySmart and Secure Your Digital Identities
The cybersecurity world just celebrated Identity Management Day last week. It was a great reminder that in today's threat landscape, protecting digital identities should be job #1 for everyone.
With 84% of organizations suffering an identity-related breach last year and account takeovers surging 354%, securing identities is crucial. Criminals have gotten savvy at exploiting reused passwords, unpatched software, and frankly, human gullibility.
As we commemorate Identity Management Day, the message resounds loud and clear: Be Identity Smart, Be Cyber Smart.
What Can You Do to #BeIdentitySmart?
Protecting your organization starts with getting #BeIdentitySmart about identities:
Yet, the responsibility doesn't end at the organizational level. Every individual, whether employee or consumer, holds a stake in their own digital security.
To make it easier to #BeIdentitySmart, iValue partners with industry leaders like Yubico to deploy phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication. Yubico's hardware security keys integrate seamlessly into leading IAM solutions like Okta, Duo, and PingID. We can help you enforce strong MFA policies and take steps toward a Zero-Trust security model.
Oh, and speaking of staying safe online, have you checked out our recent blog post about IAM in GCP environments? Google Cloud has powerful IAM capabilities baked in - like specialized service accounts, granular predefined roles, and useful extras like Role Recommendations.
You can read it here:
#BeIdentitySmart. Today and every day.
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