Security News > 2021 > September > Why should enterprises invest in machine identity management tools?

According to the research, almost all of the IT and security leaders surveyed reported that their organizations are likely to start taking the steps needed to overcome these issues by enhancing their machine identity management approach, but these leaders also expect to face challenges.

According to Gartner, "Digital transformation has led to an explosion in the number of machines - such as workloads, code, applications and containers - that need to identify themselves and communicate with each other. As a result, several technology providers have built tools that can help clients discover and manage machine identities across hybrid and multicloud environments. Managing machine identities has become critical, as nonhuman entities are now at the leading edge of digital transformation."

"Managing machine identities has been a passion of mine for several years. This passion is why I cannot stress enough the significance of both awareness and management of keys and certificates, which will certainly wreak havoc if sidelined. Enterprises are rapidly waking up to its importance - and the role that it would play in securing an enterprise's critical infrastructure."

Upgrading to the next generation of machine identity management tools.

Looking to the future, organizations are taking steps to upgrade to the next generation of machine identity management tools.

The vast majority are planning, or have already begun, to implement automated machine identity management workflows; taken the steps to manage certificate lifecycles on hybrid deployment models; or adopted machine identity management-as-a-service.

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