As employees access their enterprise applications and data from mobile devices and the cloud, the traditional idea of the enterprise network boundary is vanishing. Enterprises must understand the reality where the network perimeter is defined by the employee identity. Identity is the New Perimeter – and managing identities’ access to applications and mobile devices is more important than ever before. Managing identities is important for the organization, especially in the cloud and applications, to be on the front line of the network, rather than the back of the perimeter.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/whitepapers/identity-new-perimeter-w-6826