Organizations Grapple With Identity Pain Points

Companies say that managing, verifying and protecting digital identities across their environments is a top security challenge, as threat actors continue to rely on identity-centric tactics in attacks, according the Cisco’s 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index.

In Cisco’s second annual study of over 8,000 business and cybersecurity leaders across 30 global markets, released Wednesday, 36 percent of respondents ranked identity protection as a major challenge, up from 24 percent in 2023. Other top challenges cited by security leaders include network resilience …

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