HelpNetSecurity.com reported that about a study which "...highlighted major concerns for the virtual workforce, with 52% of respondents stating that identity-specific threats are keeping them up at night. For a workforce that is both remote and distributed, decision-makers expressed concern over malicious actors impersonating employees, alongside instances of inappropriate access to sensitive information." The March 9, 2021 article entitled "A great deal of employees have inappropriate access to sensitive data" included these details:
The study highlighted major concerns for the virtual workforce, with 52% of respondents stating that identity-specific threats are keeping them up at night.
For a workforce that is both remote and distributed, decision-makers expressed concern over malicious actors impersonating employees, alongside instances of inappropriate access to sensitive information.
The other major concern is centered around the dynamic nature of modern multi-cloud environments, which saw a significant acceleration due to quick implementation of digital transformation initiatives, complicating access control and enforcement.
Both concerns bring into focus that without visibility and a unified view into user access by enterprises across their application estate, the risk the results highlight is quite real.
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