Attackers are increasingly targeting the processes used to establish or recover identity rather than attacking the login itself. Specops explains how stronger identity verification can help organizations prevent fake workers and social engineering attacks from gaining legitimate access.
Security teams have spent years hardening authentication, with controls like multi-factor authentication (MFA) and conditional access now commonplace. While stronger authentication can make traditional credential theft less effective, it doesn’t solve every identity problem.
There are several points in the identity lifecycle where trust is established or re-established:
When a new employee joins.
When someone loses access to their account.
When a password or MFA factor needs to be reset.
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