Security News > 2023 > February > Combining identity and security strategies to mitigate risks

Last week, the Identity Defined Security Alliance, a nonprofit that provides vendor-neutral resources to help organizations reduce the risk of a breach by combining identity and security strategies, announced Jeff Reich as the organization's new Executive Director.

In this Help Net Security interview, you can learn more about identity security and the evolving threat landscape.

Combining that with more sophisticated ransomware and phishing attacks, I only see the threat landscape becoming more complex and challenging.

What advice would you give to CISOs that are struggling managing risk while making technology investments to boost their identity and security strategies?

Never spend more avoiding, mitigating, or transferring risk than you might lose by accepting risk.

As cited in the IDSA's 2022 Trends in Securing Digital Identities, based on the realities of more than 500 individuals responsible for IT security or identity at companies with more than 1000 employees, 97% will be investing in identity-focused security outcomes, the same as the previous year.

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