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Your identity environment holds the keys to your most critical data in the form of privileged accounts. Industry consolidation and a desire for company growth both often lead to mergers or acquisitions which, if not managed closely, can wreak havoc on an identity landscape. Mergers of identity environments create a glut of identities and identity accounts to manage, some of which may be redundant. They also introduce new 3rd parties, contractors and non-human identities like service accounts, bots etc.... into the equation. In addition, a merger or acquisition could hybridize the identity landscape, adding Cloud applications to on-prem resources, and vice versa. All of this increases the attack surface if not managed properly. As the two companies determine how to best work together, there is a level of uncertainty that can result in temporary measures as a stop-gap. Temporary access is often granted to provide employee, contractor and third party access to applications and privile...

Identity Is the New Perimeter—And It's Fractured In 2025, identity isn't just a security issue—it's the battleground. And too many organizations are getting caught flat-footed. Organizations today must reckon with complex hybrid environments that contain interconnected endpoints, servers, cloud services, DevOps systems, identity infrastructure, and much more. And with enterprise systems no longer fitting neatly into a single network perimeter, the identities used to interact with these systems have become the new perimeter.  A strong cybersecurity foundation starts with clear visibility that puts risk in content. Identity security is no different. However, in practice, identity management systems are anything but centralized. Building IDs and access to physical offices are handled by one system. Logins to Windows machines are generally managed with Windows domains and Active Directory—but what about Macs and Linux machines? Companies use Okta, Ping Identity, or the equivalent ...

In every industry, Active Directory (AD) and Entra ID are the de facto standard identity directories . While cloud environments are becoming more prevalent, many industries' governing bodies require sensitive and private data and the applications utilized by them to remain on the premises. The hybrid combination of AD and Entra ID creates a complex web of identities in domains and forests that are often managed from separate consoles, creating a costly and risky administrative challenge. The complexity of hybrid environments often results in vulnerabilities that can put businesses at risk. These vulnerabilities take the form of privilege sprawl as a result of mergers, acquisitions, mobility within a company, and the resulting creation or addition of new identity accounts. Each individual identity account requires specific rights to access corporate resources. How those rights are allocated and protected is critical to an organization's security and productivity. Any gaps create s...