We couldn't agree more... ...but we'd like to add that biometric #authentication from Daon is the clear solution to account recovery problems encountered by organizations in any industry! By eliminating the need to create, secure, and recall passwords, biometrics can safeguard your customer or employee data and your business processes. If you don’t have access to the report below, don't worry - it will be available to you very soon, courtesy of Daon. Stay tuned, and check out the full post here: https://lnkd.in/gNd88sSA #biometrics #digitalidentity
New research alert! The Empire in Star Wars thought that their Death Star was immune to attack, but of course it had an exhaust port vulnerability that the Rebellion was able to exploit. Similarly, many organizations today perhaps don't think they are immune, but they do invest a lot in IAM processes and believe that their defences are strong (they use MFA, they must be fine, right?). Well, most organisations have a vulnerability that's as potentially lethal to them as the Death Star's exhaust port vulnerability was to it. That vulnerability? The account recovery process. Why would an attacker bother trying to phish your users' credentials to carry out ATO, when it may just be easier to call your helpdesk, pretend to be a user and get the credentials reset? At Gartner in the IAM team, the number of calls that we've received from clients asking about how to secure workforce account recovery flows has shot up in the last six months. As a result, we've updated our research note on this topic - Quick Answer: How to Secure User Credential Management and Account Recovery - link below for Gartner clients - advising on the options available depending on the context. Led by my colleague James Hoover along with my co-author Ant Allan. Clients should take a look at the note and then give us a call to discuss: https://lnkd.in/eTQk7w7B Non-clients can still pick up great insights from this page: https://gtnr.it/GExpert #iam #ato #accountrecovery #idv Image courtesy of University of Arizona article by Emily Litvack, 2016.