Security News > 2022 > July > Removing the blind spots that allow lateral movement

There are critical blind spots in most security solutions today that make it nearly impossible to detect and prevent lateral movement attacks.

It's important to realize that lateral movement is an almost never-ending process, where the tactic is constantly repeated on different machines until the attacker reaches the desired target.

Lateral movement attacks exploit the gaps in an organization's user authentication process.

Network security solutions can contain lateral movement attacks - to an extent - with tight segmentation of the environment.

Such a continuous authentication process significantly reduces an attacker's ability to utilize admin tools for lateral movement.

Until organizations stop relying on endpoint and network security solutions for protecting user identities, lateral movement attacks will continue to thrive and remain a blind spot in most security infrastructures.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/07/19/removing-the-blind-spots-that-allow-lateral-movement/