Identity sprawl — the rapid growth of enterprise identity silos and the explosion of user information, attributes and credentials that accompanies it — results in greater security and compliance risks for organizations as identity information spreads across a complex web of legacy, hybrid and multi-cloud systems. The lack of visibility and control across all these systems creates the opportunity for identity-driven cyberattacks — offering more opportunities for misuse or negligence by individuals (employees, former employees, contractors, partners) and opening the door for cybercriminals to take advantage and move laterally throughout an organization.
The “Identity Data Management: Roadblock or Business Enabler” report by Gartner Peer Insights and Radiant Logic surveyed global information technology (IT) and information security leaders to understand how organizations are addressing identity sprawl and its resulting identity management challenges.