Identity is the new perimeter

Where the risk lies

Unmanaged privileged accounts, single-factor authentication, service accounts with non-expiring passwords, supplier access never revoked, credentials exposed on the dark web.

Essential countermeasures

Phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication, least privilege, privileged access management, periodic account reviews, anomalous behaviour monitoring and checks on exposed credentials.

A practical sequence

1. Inventory of human and service identities.
2. MFA for all remote and administrative access.
3. Privilege reduction and just-in-time access.
4. Anomaly detection integrated into the Cyber Defense Center.