Security News > 2024 > April > Strategies for secure identity management in hybrid environments
In this Help Net Security interview, Charlotte Wylie, SVP and Deputy CSO at Okta, discusses the challenges of managing user identities across hybrid IT environments.
Wylie also highlights strategies for combating password fatigue, integrating IAM solutions, securing operational technology, and establishing identity security policies.
How do organizations balance security with user convenience in hybrid IT environments, particularly when managing user identities across cloud and on-premise systems?
Closing the gap between cloud and on-prem systems requires the extension of cloud single sign-on and multi-factor authentication technologies to on-prem apps, empowering organizations to unify and centrally manage their security policies across hybrid environments.
If systems are to be replaced, retired, deprecated, or kept running, these game plans will help organizations predict and prevent unnecessary investment that won't be needed further down the road. From a security standpoint, it's also essential for organizations to prioritize the enforcement of security controls and policies equally on both legacy systems and modern applications to support modern use cases, like modern remote, mobile access, and MFA. How do organizations manage the unique challenges of identity and access management in operational technology and critical infrastructure environments?
With the rise of business-led SaaS and remote work, how can organizations establish identity security policies and governance structures?