Security News > 2023 > February > It only takes one over-privileged identity to do major damage to a cloud

After working strictly in the cloud with industry-leading enterprises for the past six years, I've seen it all and can sympathize with CISOs facing cloud security challenges.

The overall risk level in key areas such as cloud security posture management, cloud infrastructure entitlement management, cloud workload protection platform and data are considered "High"' While a few organizations were at only a "Medium" level in some areas, none were at "Low" risk.

As the research shows, most organizations are doing a poor job of managing their cloud identity and data risks.

Teams are so focused on addressing these types of identities and making their cloud security fit into outdated identity governance models that they fail to understand the biggest risk lies elsewhere: the non-person identities.

Identity risk is the single greatest threat to an organization's cloud.

It only takes one over-privileged identity to do major damage to a cloud - and most organizations likely have hundreds, if not thousands, of them.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/02/28/over-privileged-identity-cloud-damage/