Privileged Access Management (PAM) in cybersecurity is how organizations manage and secure access to highly sensitive accounts, systems and data. Without PAM, organizations are at greater risk of a cyberattack impacting privileged accounts. Continue reading to learn more about PAM and its crucial role in cybersecurity.

Research shows that most of today’s cyberattacks occur when a cybercriminal gains access to a system through stolen credentials. Users with extra privileges, particularly IT administrators, are often targeted by threat actors who steal those privileges to access sensitive information and take control of systems. With an increase in virtual and hybrid work, across both the public and private sectors, these kinds of attacks are only becoming more common.

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.

In the ever-evolving world of technology, acronyms seem to multiply faster than ever before! From AI to IoT to CRM and SaaS, it cab be tricky to keep up to speed and make sense of what they all mean. One area that is no exception to this acronym explosion is Identity and Access Management (IDAM). As businesses increasingly prioritize data security and user privacy, IDAM has become a crucial component of their overall digital strategy.

Password security plays a fundamental role in Identity and Access Management (IAM). The easiest way for cybercriminals to breach an enterprise network is to obtain a set of legitimate login credentials. This allows them to bypass firewalls, intrusion detection systems and other technical security solutions. Once inside, they can remain undetected for extended periods of time.

Editor’s note: This is the final part of a five-part cloud security series that covers protecting an organization’s network perimeter, endpoints, application code, sensitive data, and service and user accounts from threats. So far in this series, we’ve looked at the importance of securing an organization’s network, its application components, the endpoints that support those components, and its application data.