Zero Trust has reached buzzword status in the security industry. But, unfortunately, many vendors that claim to provide Zero Trust solutions fall short of addressing all critical components.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
One common weakness in conventional security is the password. Your organization becomes open to attack if a user's password is compromised, or even worse if the email address used for password resets is compromised.
Security companies and regulatory organizations (most notably NIST) have emphasized the advantages of a zero-trust security architecture for years. Rights are granted dynamically when needed, only to the appropriate level, and then they are removed when no longer required.
Privileged identity management and privileged account management are concerned with regulating and auditing access received through any form of administrative account connected to a system; whether on-premise, cloud, or hybrid.
One Identity's method of unified identity management, privileged accounts, and access consists of a number of standalone products that cooperate to address the troublesome issues pertaining to privileged accounts.
An enforced policy of quickly denying access to dismissed personnel should be a basic policy of every firm — and it's not that difficult to implement. Companies should not be caught in red tape and pointless procedures, prolonging the termination of the administrator's rights until it was already late.
A more precise allocation of power, policy-based management, activity tracking and automated procedures can add a layer of security to a category that is inherently risky while maintaining administrators should do their tasks quickly and successfully.
From 2017 to 2020 the edtech company experienced four serious data breaches, and the FTC finds that this was not simply a run of bad luck but rather an endemic lack of concern for cybersecurity.
Retail behemoth Bed, Bath & Beyond said it suffered a data breach after a hacker compromised an employee in a targeted phishing attack that granted them access to data storage devices.
In an increasingly virtual world — digital footprints have expanded exponentially since the pandemic — big data, or any dataset that holds confidential information or intellectual property, is the next asset to be weaponized.










