Organizations have eagerly embraced growing and diverse populations of partners, vendors, and other contingent labor as well as non-human technologies like service accounts, bots, and smart devices to boost competitiveness. While these efforts are intended to fortify competitive strategies, many organizations are just now realizing the extent to which by utilizing these third parties, they are creating new operational challenges and expanding their attack surface, dramatically increasing cyber risk exposure.
The whitepaper discusses:
- Breach risks
- Emerging compliance risks
- Traits of successful third-party management
- Signs that an organization’s approach to third-party identity management is failing
