In a bid to improve overall security of the identity ecosystem, the National Institute of Standards and Technology updated its Digital Identity Guidelines earlier this month. The first revision since 2017, many organizations should be able to implement the updated guidelines without much difficulty as part of their identity strategy.

Attackers are always sharpening their skills to bypass organizations’ identity and access management (IAM) protocols – the key to gaining critical access – and artificial intelligence (AI) is making phishing attacks even more effective, and deepfakes are tricking even the most security-savvy mind. New authentication measures such as passwordless technologies, exist, but implementation challenges have hindered adoption.


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