| | JUNE - 2020ENTERPRISE SECURITY6Years of data breaches stemming from credential theft, attacks targeting privileged user accounts and poor password practices have led to a major evolution in identity and access management (IAM) technology designed to protect enterprise data. The sprawl of identities, attributes and non-interoperable IAM functions create challenges in governance, user-data privacy, and are hindering proper risk management. The only way to address this is to refocus the discussion around a cohesive, well-designed architecture strategy that takes into account flexibility, scalability, integrity and cloud readiness. One of the megatrends is to more fully incorporate biometrics such as fingerprints, retinal scans, and facial recognition to better identify authorized users for networked systems. At first glance, this seems to provide a fool-proof way for systems to recognize individual people with near certainty by using their unique biometrics. Further, Blockchain technology applied to identity access management attempts to address the problems with maintaining identification information in a centralized system. As demonstrated with the breach of Suprema's biometric database, having all the identification information in the hands of a third-party creates the risk that they will not adequately protect the information.Identity access management will continue to grow in scope and scale. Biometrics may be useful; however, it should not be solely relied upon for identification. Blockchain technology may be a better choice for those who want to control their identity. Ease-of-use for cloud-based offerings is driving the demand for single sign-on services. Expansion of the IoT requires scalable and reliable infrastructure to establish the identities of the billions of new IoT devices and manage them via a massive network.This edition is aimed to enable an organization gain an understanding of their threat landscape, and subsequently implement a functional effective IAM solution that can effectively uplift their business environment by mitigating the existing risks. The bottom-line: work with IAM solutions that may not yet be perfect, yet are flexible, governable, and scalable.The Curios Case of IdentityEditorialRussell Thomas Managing Editor russellthomas@enterprisesecuritymag.comJUNE - 15 - 2020, Volume 06 - 12 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc.(ISSN 2691-4034)To subscribe to ENTERPRISE SECURITYVisit www.enterprisesecuritymag.com Copyright © 2020 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.Managing EditorRussell ThomasEditorial StaffAaron PierceAlex D'SouzaAva GarciaJustin S GonsalvesJoshua ParkerSurajit Narayan DekaVisualizersIssac GeorgeSalesAlena D'Souzaalena@enterprisesecuritymag.comContact Us:Phone:510.757.1040Fax:510-894-8405Email:sales@enterprisesecuritymag.comeditor@enterprisesecuritymag.commarketing@enterprisesecuritymag.com*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff
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