By Chris Borkenhagen, CISO at AuthenticID.
In today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, frameworks like the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) play a crucial role in shaping cybersecurity protocols and guiding an organization’s security practices. In particular, the addition of a sixth core function, called Govern, to the latest version of the NIST CSF underscores the importance of aligning cybersecurity with business objectives. This new function emphasizes how an organization establishes, communicates, and monitors its cybersecurity risk management strategy, expectations, and policy.
While frameworks like the NIST CSF provide essential guidance for shaping cybersecurity protocols, understanding the role of identity in fortifying cybersecurity defenses is invaluable. Identity verification serves as a crucial component in a company’s security posture, offering the visibility for security teams to assess potential vulnerabilities and threats associated with different users, enabling proactive measures to mitigate these risks effectively.
According to AuthenticID’s 2024 State of Identity…
