Omada State of Identity Governance 2024

Keypoints

• The report is structured into sections covering executive summaries, key findings, survey observations, threat concerns, IGA technology value, and methodology, providing a comprehensive overview of the current cybersecurity landscape related to identity governance.
• Organizations are increasingly adopting modern, SaaS-based IGA solutions that incorporate analytics, automation, and generative AI to improve security, efficiency, and adaptability to organizational needs.
• Senior IT and security leaders (over 95%) express significant concern about identity-related threats, with legacy IGA users showing higher levels of concern compared to those using modern solutions.
• Top identity threats include malware, security breaches, vulnerabilities, and risks from compromised privileged and remote user accounts, with concerns varying based on IGA vintage.
• Widespread over-permissioned access affects 72% of respondents’ organizations, heightening risks and emphasizing the need for better access controls and deprovisioning processes.
• Remote work has significantly increased identity management complexity, with a 52% rise in employee identities and similar increases in third-party identities like partners and contractors since COVID-19.
• Most organizations prefer best-of-breed IAM solutions over integrated platform offerings, valuing flexibility and connectivity across diverse identity technologies.
• The surveyed enterprises prioritize IGA features such as adaptability, strong connectivity frameworks, generative AI, and automation to meet complex and dynamic organizational requirements.
• The methodology involved surveying 567 U.S.-based enterprises with over 1,000 employees, capturing insights from a diverse range of industries, roles, and organizational sizes.