Compromised credentials still to blame for many data breaches

Compromised credentials are still the cause of almost a quarter of all data breaches, according to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). Data breaches, account hijacking and malicious insiders all rated as top threats. These attacks often occur because of a lack of scalable identity access management systems, failure to use multifactor authentication, insufficient password use and a lack of ongoing automated rotation of cryptographic keys, passwords and certificates. It’s not surprising that insufficient identity, credential … More →
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