Security News > 2021 > December > Unused identities: A growing security threat
Others might have belonged to people who have changed roles and are no longer using those specific identities.
These tools have blind spots in areas such as mismanaged empty groups and robotic identities.
Forrester has estimated that the number of non-human identities has doubled over the last year.
The first step towards taking control over your identities and assets' authorizations is to know what you have.
Once you start analyzing your entitlements on a deeper level, you'll begin to find that there are more permissions granted to your identities than you're likely to want to admit.
To be effective at eliminating the risks that come with unused identities, we need to transition to a state where we are ingesting data, monitoring for violations, and remediating constantly.
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