Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

AppSec teams know application risk is growing, but budget conversations are often won and lost outside the security team, in rooms full of executives who speak the language of revenue and delivery velocity, not CVSS scores. The core argument: application security software is easier to fund when it is tied to growth, resilience, compliance, and delivery outcomes… not just technical findings.

A vendor can bypass MFA and sign in with an individual account while still being able to reach industrial systems unrelated to the job. Before replacing your current setup, follow one real service request from approval through completion. The exercise can reveal outdated permissions, unnecessary network connectivity, shared credentials, or records that are difficult to retrieve when you need them.

Managing user accounts, permissions and security access across a university environment involves significant administrative work. For institutions that rely on Microsoft Active Directory, keeping that infrastructure organized, secure and current can quickly become resource-intensive as student and staff populations shift each semester. This type of challenge grows when IT teams must handle onboarding, access changes and offboarding manually for each individual.

On September 15, 2026, NIST published Internal Report 8587, “Protecting Tokens and Assertions from Forgery, Theft, and Misuse.” It’s built to extend NIST Special Publication 800-53 Release 5.1.1, and on paper it reads like an SSO hardening document for government agencies and their cloud vendors.