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May 2023

Expanding Enterprise Attack Surfaces (EAS) and the increasing importance of Identity & Access Management

In the past five years, Enterprise Attack Surfaces (EAS) have evolved significantly. EAS refer to the various entry points that cybercriminals can exploit to gain unauthorized access to an organization's digital assets. With the increasing use of cloud-based services, the proliferation of connected devices and the growing reliance on third-party vendors, attack surfaces have become broader, more numerous and more complex.

How to find and manage privileged accounts in Active Directory

When it comes to securing Active Directory, the first place to start is usually getting a handle on what currently exists - getting a ‘lay of the land,’ so to speak. In Active Directory, the admincount attribute can play a role in identifying privileged accounts. It’s not without its faults, however. In this blog, we will explore the admincount attribute in more detail and potential uses it may have for determining which accounts may have or had privileged access.

How to conduct a Privileged Access Management risk assessment

In today's business landscape, organizations rely heavily on digital systems, applications, and webpages for their daily operations. However, with the increasing use of technology comes growing risks of unauthorized access to sensitive information and data.

Best practices for implementing Privileged Access Management

Privileged Access Management (PAM) is a critical component of any organization's cybersecurity strategy. Privileged accounts provide access to the most sensitive data and systems within an organization. As such, it's essential to manage them carefully to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches and cyberattacks. Here are some best practices for implementing PAM in your organization to ensure that your privileged accounts are secure and protected.

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Password Managers: Here to stay?

Password managers have become popular solutions for businesses and individuals seeking to improve the password security of their accounts. The implementation of password management solutions within organisations has enabled security teams to securely store and manage company credentials for online and offline applications by using advanced encryption.

10 Steps to enhance the agility, security and performance of Active Directory

Maintaining Active Directory (AD) in a clean, organized and secure state is a challenge, particularly for user accounts. Learn 10 steps you can take to enhance the agility, security, and performance of Active Directory and Azure Active Directory. This process is key to efficiency, security and compliance. We will take you through each step, demonstrate why it's important and what it will enable your team to do faster and more securely.

Extend identity governance to secure your enterprise

What if you could take your organization's governance of identities and access rights of users, and extend it to protect privileged access, applications, cloud infrastructure and data? What if you had an entire identity governance framework under which you could integrate and manage all your systems? Then, you could extend a comprehensive and efficient identity governance strategy across your entire organization.

Women in Cybersecurity UNITE

The gender gap in STEM fields is a huge problem. Women only make up 25.2% of the computer and mathematical occupations in STEM, even though these jobs are among the fastest growing and highest paid in the world. Why is this happening? What can we do to bridge the gap and get more women these lucrative careers? Those are questions we’re doing our part to solve at One Identity UNITE.