Identity is key to stopping these five cyber security attacks
Many attacks begin with the same weakness: user accounts


Despite the link between security and identity identified by many organisations, the significance of how fundamental identity is as part of a security strategy can still be missed.
There has been a trend, with the increase of remote work spaces, where malicious attackers are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities of individual employees’ network access-just one of the many reasons why identity is so important in security.
Download this whitepaper for a better understanding of the key cyber attack sequences and how identity can be a part of mitigating them.
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