Identity Ponemon survey exposes identity overconfidence April 20, 2026 Share By SC Staff (Adobe Stock) A stark disconnect between perceived identity security and operational reality has emerged from a Ponemon Institute survey of over six hundred IT leaders, which found that while a majority express high confidence in their access controls, 89% of enterprise applications operate outside the governance of centralized multifactor authentication platforms, according to Security Boulevard . The Cerby-commissioned research reveals that 77% of organizations have suffered at least one incident tied to these unmanaged "disconnected" applications in the past two years, with nearly 40% citing direct operational disruption. Compounding the visibility gap, almost two-thirds of respondents have failed audits related to shadow applications, yet manual processes remain the default for 60% of access changes. Cerby's chief strategy officer, Matt Chiodi, warned that this friction is unsustainable in an era where AI agents are not only multiplying the volume of non-human identities but also embedding themselves more deeply into critical business workflows. With over a quarter of firms reporting an increase in AI application deployment and some already exceeding one hundred instances, the survey underscores a growing chasm between the accelerating complexity of the identity fabric and the sluggish, manual governance mechanisms tasked with securing it. SC Staff Related Identity iDenfy launches MCP server for AI coding assistants SC Staff April 20, 2026 iDenfy has released a Model Context Protocol server that enables AI coding assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor to ingest the company's live API documentation in real time, eliminating the friction of hallucinated parameters and outdated endpoint references that plague automated integration workflows, according to Biometric Update. Identity Non-human identities now center of enterprise risk SC Staff April 20, 2026 Security Brief Australia reports that security leaders marking Identity Management Day are sounding an urgent alarm over the explosive growth of non-human and AI-driven identities, warning that enterprises are rapidly scaling autonomous agent deployments while the governance frameworks needed to constrain their privileged access remain dangerously immature. Government Regulations Executive order spurs push for stronger identity proofing SC Staff April 20, 2026 Industry leaders are seizing upon the Trump administration's Executive Order 14390 to argue that the federal government's aggressive posture toward cyber-enabled fraud prosecutions must be matched by an equally robust investment in digital identity infrastructure, which they contend remains the primary, underutilized lever for disrupting the economics of large-scale impersonation, reports Biometric Update. Related Events Cybercast IAM for MSSPs: Real-World Deployments Mon May 18 Cybercast Privilege risk is in the lifecycle: A CISO discussion on modernizing identity control On-Demand Event Cybercast The industrialization of identity compromise On-Demand Event Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news Business Email By clicking the Subscribe button below, you agree to SC Media Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Subscribe Related Terms Basic Authentication Biometrics Certificate-Based Authentication Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) Digest Authentication Digital Certificate Discretionary Access Control (DAC) You can skip this ad in 5 seconds