{
  "id": 2190025,
  "title": "Identity Infrastructure: Why Credentials Are the Layer Directories Don't Secure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/identity-infrastructure-why-credentials-are-the-layer-directories",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T17:23:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/gitguardian/identity-infrastructure-why-credentials-are-the-layer-directories-dont-secure-21gm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "👉 TL;DR: Identity infrastructure is the foundation of enterprise security: the directories, identity providers, access management systems, credential stores, and governance workflows that control who and what can reach organizational resources. Most enterprises treat identity infrastructure as a directory problem, investing in Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta, or SailPoint to manage identity…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}