For years, businesses approached cybersecurity by concentrating on the systems and networks surrounding their operations. Firewalls, secure servers and protected office networks formed the first line of defence. As business operations have moved to cloud platforms, remote working environments and interconnected digital services, this approach has become less effective on its own.

Today, employees, contractors, vendors and business partners may access company information from different locations and devices. The critical question is no longer simply whether someone has entered the corporate network. It is whether the person requesting access is genuine, authorised and entitled to perform the requested action.

This shift has placed digital identity at the centre of corporate security.…