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Even in a modestly complex organisation one could argue that IAM is not only one of the most important IT and security tasks in the business, but also one of the most difficult. In such companies IAM is a significant job: in my 450-person day-job business, for example, there are two staff members who solely do IAM and others who also touch on it from time to time.

Avatier announced the release of Avatier for Outlook, giving users passwordless Single Sign-On and unified Identity Access Management from within Outlook to make remote work more secure. Avatier for Outlook improves workforce efficiency by providing a unified approach to manage access to any application, approve workflows and review user rights, all conveniently located with the email, calendar and contacts you use every day.

Facebook Messenger users targeted by a large-scale scamA large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world has been detected by Group-IB. Hackers found leveraging three SonicWall zero-day vulnerabilitiesAttackers that seem to have "Intimate knowledge" of the SonicWall Email Security product have been discovered leveraging three zero-day vulnerabilities in the popular enterprise solution. Improper cloud IAM leaving organizations at riskThere is an industry-wide cloud permissions gap crisis, leaving countless organizations at risk due to improper identity and access management, a CloudKnox Security report reveals.

There is an industry-wide cloud permissions gap crisis, leaving countless organizations at risk due to improper identity and access management, a CloudKnox Security report reveals. "The focus on digital transformation over the last few years-and accelerated throughout 2020-has led to a significant delta between permissions granted and permissions used in the cloud. This cloud permissions gap is a massive contributing factor to the rise of both accidental and malicious threats for organizations of all sizes," said Raj Mallempati, COO of CloudKnox.

The study, "Identity and Access Management for the Hybrid Enterprise," conducted by Forrester Consulting for ForgeRock and Google Cloud, also found that the industry has significant opportunities to improve the IAM experience for the majority of hybrid cloud adopters. Nearly 90% of those surveyed are held back from embracing IAM in the cloud because their current IAM offerings lack the stability, scalability or capabilities that their organizations need, according to Forrester.

The study also found that the industry has significant opportunities to improve the IAM experience for the majority of hybrid cloud adopters. 88% of respondents find technology issues, such as limited IAM functionality, lack of product scalability, and the inability to manage identity and access across current applications, is preventing their adoption of IAM in the cloud.

Avatier Corporation has released Avatier for ServiceNow, the latest addition to the Avatier Anywhere platform. Avatier for ServiceNow is a certified ServiceNow app that adds a unified, passwordless approach to Identity Access Management with single sign-on to the Now platform to improve workforce efficiency.

Avatier announced the release of Avatier for iOS and Android, a new mobile app platform that creates a collaborative, self-service approach to enterprise access without compromising security. Avatier's new mobile experience is designed for the modern workforce, giving employees, customers, contractors and vendors a single mobile app that enables self-service business agility for time-sensitive security requests.

CIOs are prioritizing identity and access management over endpoint security and security awareness training in 2020, according to a Hitachi ID survey. Their goals reflect these new priorities: 86% said they're aiming to improve security standards across their environment, while 80% are making their tech stack more flexible for remote and on-premise users.

IAM priorities differ by industry vertical, and a one-size-fits-all approach to IAM doesn't work when every industry and business within that industry is unique, according to LastPass and Vanson Bourne. Each industry vertical has unique business needs, and as a result has different areas of focus when it comes to their IAM program.