Mobile Magazine September 2020 | Page 79

THE DIGITAL IDENTITY SOLUTION
79 are easily one of the biggest risks to an effective cybersecurity strategy .
However , a developing trend in the cybersecurity space could be the key to counteracting these risks .
THE DIGITAL IDENTITY SOLUTION
In essence , digital identity refers to the information about an entity used by IT systems to represent an external “ agent ”, be that a person , organisation , application or device . According to Utah-based cybersecurity firm DigiCert , “ In the IoT world , identity management must be able to identify devices , sensors , monitors , and manage their access to sensitive and non-sensitive data .” This practice of giving sensors and other connected devices their own digital identity is known as the Identity of Things ( IDoT ). This trend is still in its relative infancy , and there are three major hurdles that will need to be overcome in order for the IoT of the future to be as secure as cloud servers and physical buildings are today : how to ensure that digital identities are secure , and how to apply them to the enterprise at scale .
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