Where does digital security end and tangible, or physical, security begin? In today’s cybersecurity ecosystem, I’d argue that it’s all just security. In fact, if you are handling these domains in discrete silos, your cyber resilience is already taking a hit.
If your identity and access management (IAM) and physical security initiatives are not working as one, your organization may be suffering from unnecessary grief — and increasing risk.
When Physical and Digital Security Became One
Pinpointing exactly when these two previously discrete functions became one is up for discussion, and some may not even agree that they have become one at all. Regardless, it will be hard to envision them as discrete issues for much longer, particularly as the industry pushes the digital transformation envelope.
At the most basic level, IAM is a username/password credentialing system that gives one layer of authentication. Best practices say to have some second or multifactor authentication (MFA) procedure as part of the process. But this is a more basic question: Even if you’re using MFA, ask yourself, with today’s deceptions, has an identity truly been authenticated?
Not exactly, because in the scenario described, we are only authenticating credentials, not identity. Similar to physical identity and access management (PIAM), which unifies your physical and IT security systems, there is something called dynamic identity management, a next-gen solution gaining some support from major industry players that makes an effort to ad ..
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