A wave of digital initiatives by organizations worldwide has created an explosion of human and machine identities that are increasing the exposure of those organizations to ransomware and supply chain threats, according to CyberArk’s 2022 Identity Security Threat Landscape report released Tuesday.
The report found that nearly four out of five of the 1,750 IT security decision makers surveyed for the report (79%) agreed that security was taking a back seat to other IT and digital initiatives. Those initiatives—especially those prioritizing remote or hybrid working, new digital services for customers and citizens, and increased outsourcing of remote vendors and suppliers—have created hundreds of thousands of new digital identities in each organization, which can increase their exposure to cybersecurity risk.