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Digital Identities Have Evolved -- Cyber

Strategies Should Too.

By Trevor Hilligoss, VP of SpyCloud Labs at SpyCloud

The scale of identity exposure has increased significantly, with over 90% of surveyed organizations
reporting an identity-related breach within the last year. These attacks have long-lasting consequences
– SpyCloud's 2024 Identity Exposure Report found that the average digital identity appears in as many
as nine breaches and is associated with 15 breach records.

The escalating threat to identities has forced organizations to adopt novel approaches and tools to bolster
their cyber defenses, such as passkeys. However, despite these efforts, criminals are still managing to
evade these protections through sophisticated, next-generation identity attacks. Information saved by
browsers, like session cookies, API tokens, or form-fill data, enable criminals to exploit these attack
methods and bypass traditional authentication protections to seize control of a user's account.

To counter these evolving threats, organizations must not only broaden their understanding of what
constitutes a digital identity but also adopt proactive measures to defend against emerging attack vectors.

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