Non-human users pose a serious identity management challenge
Identity and access management (IAM) programs put a lot of emphasis on users, for the obvious reason that compromising user identities is the prime attack vector for ransomware and other threat actors. But while strengthening access and permission controls for employees, third parties and other stakeholders, too many organizations overlook a vast trove of network identities that can be equally vulnerable to attack -- the non-human identities (NHIs) that are proliferating in the cloud.
8 Oct 18:20 · BetaNews