Daniel Thomas

Middle East-based aerospace, aviation, and defense organizations have been targeted by suspected Iranian state-backed threat operation UNC1549.

By Daniel Thomas Customers' fears that they could be forcibly switched on to prepayment energy meters may be putting people off getting smart meters, MPs have warned.

This line, gifted to us by the English poet and cleric John Donne, still resonates centuries later in a digital economy where identity is everything — the key to the office, the password to an employee’s computer, or the credentials to access sensitive corporate data.

Current systems also do not integrate usage data into recommendation engines, preventing the system from learning and refining its recommendations over time.

The last year saw unauthorized access bring some of the biggest names in industry to their knees. From attacks on Okta and Xfinity, to Microsoft and PJ&A, criminal gangs showed no mercy when it came to weaponizing identity and exploiting weak or non-existent IAM policies against all stripes of organizations.

In its latest Cybersecurity Buyer Intelligence Report (CBIR), "Navigating the identity security minefield: Practitioners share lessons learned so others can move forward," CyberRisk Alliance (CRA) offers an in-depth exploration of the intricate balance between securing access and optimizing user experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM). The following charts capture what survey respondents identified as their greatest challenges and best avenues of success:

Growth experience: the three opportunities ambitious businesses must seize in 2024 Despite facing unprecedented challenges, UK businesses are bullish about their prospects in the year ahead

How to build social credibility – and profits – with content-based ecommerce

Inside skills-based hiring practices Employers are increasingly hiring candidates on the basis of their skills rather than pedigree, giving them access to a much wider pool of talent

AI is transforming how organisations operate, but significant data protection challenges must be overcome