Security News > 2021 > March > The importance of a zero trust-based approach to identity security

Security leaders embracing zero trust identity security.

88 percent of respondents said adopting more of a zero trust approach is "Very important" or "Important."

To implement a zero trust model, the top priority was controls focusing on identity and access management, chosen by 45 percent of respondents.

Endpoint security remains an operational challenge for 94 percent of respondents - 46 percent said that installing and maintaining agents made endpoint security challenging.

86 percent said user experience optimization is "Important" or "Very important," highlighting a need for security tools and policies that will not be bypassed or ignored due to security fatigue.

"Reverberations from the SolarWinds attack continue to underscore the need to protect privileged credentials and break the attack chain to organizations' most valuable assets," said Mike O'Malley, Sr VP, Global Marketing, CyberArk. "As new identities multiply across the enterprise, this survey emphasizes the importance of a zero trust-based approach to identity security. For security leaders seeking to mitigate the risks of spear-phishing, impersonation attacks and other forms of compromise, we believe the peer experiences captured in the CISO View reports will serve as an invaluable tool, no matter where their organization is on the zero trust maturity curve."

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