Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a cybersecurity discipline, so it’s almost trivial to claim that a solid IAM foundation brings critical security benefits for any organization. Fundamentally, IAM allows the right people to access the right resources at the right times, in the right way for the right reasons. Yet IAM projects consistently take a backseat to other, more fashionable cybersecurity initiatives in a lot of organizations, ultimately harming the security posture.

IAM is used to identify and manage user identities digitally across the whole company, while PAM only focuses on privileged access to sensitive systems.

“Your entire company network was compromised, all through a single login.” That’s the reality of an employee single sign-on (SSO) breach nightmare. Hackers create fake SSO login pages in order to steal employee credentials, which can literally give them “the keys to the kingdom” – access to the most sensitive data of the organization. From a disgruntled ex-employee to a compromised user, it can become a devastating security hole. It happens more than you think.

Enterprise attack surface expansion has become a focal point for IT security teams. The relentless pursuit of securing every endpoint and countering new threats with the latest technology is not just costly; it's also unsustainable. Despite these efforts, breaches continue to occur, often through new or unorthodox attack vectors that bypass traditional perimeter defenses.

As the number of applications and participants grows within your cluster, it may be necessary to evaluate and limit the activities they can perform. For instance, you may consider restricting access to production to only a select few individuals. Alternatively, you may opt to provide a limited range of permissions to an operator deployed within the cluster.

In today's digital battleground, it seems like a week doesn’t go by where we don’t hear about some kind of data breach involving identity security. It's easy to become desensitized to the constant stream of identity security compromises. Yet, beneath the surface, a silent war is waged against the very essence of our online identities. Each breach is a battle fought on the front lines of cybersecurity.