IDSA Report: 2021 Trends in Securing Digital Identities
The Identity Defined Security Alliance recently published their “2021 Trends in Securing Digital Identities” report. Sponsored by the IDSA, the report is based on an online survey conducted by Dimensional Research of more than 500 security and identity professionals from the United States who worked at companies with more than 1,000 employees. The survey examined […]
The Identity Defined Security Alliance recently published their "2021 Trends in Securing Digital Identities" report. Sponsored by the IDSA, the report is based on an online survey conducted by Dimensional Research of more than 500 security and identity professionals from the United States who worked at companies with more than 1,000 employees. The survey examined the impact that the events of 2020 have had on securing digital identities in the enterprise and the implementation of identity-focused security strategies.
Some key findings include:
- 97% of respondents will make investments in identity-related security outcomes over the next two years
- 93% believe they might have prevented or minimized security breaches by using identity-related security outcomes
- Remote work has significantly impacted identity security
- 83% report that remote work due to COVID-19 increased the number of identities
- 80% say the shift to remote work increased focus on identity security
- Confidence in the ability to secure employee identities dropped from 49% to 32% in the past year
Read the full report from the Identity Defined Security Alliance.
