Identity is the new perimeter – this is used so often these days that it has almost become a cliché in articles pertaining to cyber security. The expression traces back approximately a decade to when bring your own device and home/office flexibility was being introduced into many businesses.
In this 2020 COVID-19 situation, it has become clear that many businesses will, going forward, no longer retain office real estate and will have an IT infrastructure that resides entirely in the public cloud.
The identity of employees is now the only key to entry. The safety of the network perimeter is well and truly gone.
The coronavirus lockdown and resulting work from home movement was a stress test that has proven work from home is viable for the employees of many knowledge businesses. Viable has now evolved into preferable and employees will not be prepared to go back to corporate network lockdown.
In support of this fact, a recent IBM study found that 75% of employees prefer to work from home, at least occasionally.
The thinking is, why expose yourself to a stressful commute, inefficiencies of in-person communication, possibly substandard office workplaces, and not to mention, the still present pandemic?
The office spaces of many companies will be minimised for infrequent social gathering purposes or eliminated altogether. This means that, barring only physical hands-on or machine automated industries, the office will not contain any centralised IT infrastructure. This will come with several issues to consider around identity and access management.
Interoperable identities
Going with a decentralised, third-party provider-based IT model means that silos of identity begin to form. Fortunately, the num ..
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