“Your entire company network was compromised, all through a single login.” That’s the reality of an employee single sign-on (SSO) breach nightmare. Hackers create fake SSO login pages in order to steal employee credentials, which can literally give them “the keys to the kingdom” – access to the most sensitive data of the organization. From a disgruntled ex-employee to a compromised user, it can become a devastating security hole. It happens more than you think.

Enterprise attack surface expansion has become a focal point for IT security teams. The relentless pursuit of securing every endpoint and countering new threats with the latest technology is not just costly; it's also unsustainable. Despite these efforts, breaches continue to occur, often through new or unorthodox attack vectors that bypass traditional perimeter defenses.

In today's digital battleground, it seems like a week doesn’t go by where we don’t hear about some kind of data breach involving identity security. It's easy to become desensitized to the constant stream of identity security compromises. Yet, beneath the surface, a silent war is waged against the very essence of our online identities. Each breach is a battle fought on the front lines of cybersecurity.

Choosing the right identity and access management (IAM) solution is an important task. Organizations need to properly manage user accounts and other identities and ensure they have exactly the appropriate access to data, applications and other resources. After all, if users do not have all the rights they need, they cannot do their jobs and business processes suffer.

Balancing security and productivity is hard. On one hand, IT and Security have an obligation to protect the company. On the other hand, employees are most productive when they can work with the tools they know and love.