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As leaders often see in the cybersecurity industry, various attack vectors, techniques and tactics come and go. However, identity-related attacks seem to be staying more than leaving.
Even Gartner has pointed to credential misuse as a primary attack point. Seven high profile attacks have taken place in just the last 10 months leveraging this new threat vector where the attacker abuses improperly secure non-human identities like API keys, OAuth tokens and service accounts to penetrate an organization’s core systems, steal sensitive data, cause disruption and disappear without anyone noticing. Taking a closer look at these recent attacks, three types of threats have presented themselves, validating why organizations need to secure non-human identities sooner than later.