The Identity Security Imperative
A Leader’s Guide to Securing Every Identity
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Identity security is your first line of defense and the key to business resilience.
Whether you’re starting out or scaling up, this book is essential for security leaders who want to build a modern identity security program that can scale, adapt and prove its value to the enterprise.
What readers are saying
Comprehensive yet accessible, it distills critical principles in identity security into a digestible guide. for today’s security professionals. A must-read for anyone in cybersecurity looking to stay ahead of incoming threats and align with modern security frameworks.
Brian Miller, CISO
Healthfirst
Essential reading for anyone responsible for securing digital environments. It captures the urgency of protecting a widening identity landscape and gives a clear roadmap for the security challenges facing the modern enterprise.
Nemi George, VP, IT & Information Security Officer
PDS Health
From zero trust architectures to automation to intelligent privilege controls, this will redefine how you think about identity security and help you gain control of identity-driven risks in complex environments.
Kirsten Davies, Founder and CEO, Former CISO
The Institute for Cyber, Unilever
What’s inside the book
PART 1
Understanding Identity Security
Why identity security is critical in today’s AI-driven cloud-first world, how it strengthens enterprise security programs and the intelligent privilege controls you need to reduce risk and drive growth.
PART 2
Securing the Full Spectrum of Identities
Learn how to assess identity risk by privilege level, access and vulnerability—and why securing different identity groups with automated, tailored controls like Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) can reduce risk at scale without disrupting productivity.
PART 3
Implementing an Identity Security Program
Discover why traditional security frameworks lag behind new threats and cloud innovation, and how the world’s leading organizations built modern, zero-trust-ready identity security programs that deliver measurable business value.
PART 4
Navigating the Future
GenAI and quantum computing are reshaping identity risk—learn how AI-driven detection, ethical safeguards and quantum-safe encryption with intelligent privilege controls can help secure the future of your enterprise.
Modernize your digital ecosystem
Leverage AI to become ransomware-resilient.
Mature your Zero Trust initiatives.
Tame audit complexity and align with key regulatory mandates.
Reduce cyber insurance premiums and improve policy terms.
Unlock these business outcomes
Demonstrate measurable progress to your stakeholders.
Improve user experience with streamlined access to resources.
Automate IAM processes to reduce errors and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
Build your identity security program with step-by-step guidance
10 essential questions
to ask yourself as you develop your identity security program.
4 core principles
to help you put identity security into practice.
5-level maturity model
to help you track your progress.
