Article by LogMeIn senior international product marketing manager Barry McMahon.
Digital tools fundamentally shape employees’ experiences today. Technology is deeply intertwined into our day-to-day activities as it helps organisations continue to operate with fewer boundaries and greater flexibility.
All of this must be underpinned by a robust security framework to keep cyber-criminals outside the security perimeter, and so security solutions must be seamless and intuitive to prevent employees from diverging from necessary security protocols.
Each individual represents an access point into the network, and one compromised user can result in a cascade of ramifications with long-lasting consequences.
The danger of infiltration at these points is even greater now that employees working from home are no longer protected by the security infrastructure typically found in offices and are bringing personal devices onto the corporate network.
To protect an organisation from the rapid acceleration of threats in this new working environment, identity tools need to be seamlessly integrated into the digital experience.
By eliminating any friction that may discourage employees from doing the right thing, employees will experience fewer disruptions switching between applications and become more inspired at work.
Identity in the employee experience
Modern identity and access risks can be hard to grasp, especially for the less tech-savvy demographic of the workforce. To uplift an organisation’s security posture amid turbulent times, IT teams and security leaders need to provide frictionless solutions that help employees access the right information across multiple apps and devices wherever they are.
It is far more effective to build a security-first culture than to purchase as many identity management applications as possible. In this case, more is not better.
Many organisations are recognising the benefits of identit ..
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