Security News > 2021 > January > Minimizing cyberattacks by managing the lifecycle of non-human workers

Organizations frequently only apply access controls to humans, despite the risks associated with cyberattacks and data breaches linked to non-human workers and their privileged access to sensitive information.

Organizations must track and manage the lifecycle approach to non-human workers.

RPA, in particular, inadvertently creates a new cyberattack surface for human and non-human workers alike.

Having an end-to-end approach to the lifecycle of non-human workers ensures an organization can simultaneously drive digital transformation and secure its IT environment.

Are validation processes in place to verify the presence of non-human workers and how are identities and accounts associated with these workers being used?

Organizations can easily manage key identity lifecycle stages for non-human workers and conduct audits as needed.

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