Without proper identity and access management (IAM) policies in place, organizations run the risk of deploying a wide range of security tools without achieving a comprehensive security stance.

This was among the chief findings of a report from Palo Alto’s Unit 42, which revealed that misconfigured IAM is opening the door to malicious actors targeting cloud infrastructure and credentials in attacks.

Nearly all (99%) cloud users, roles, services and resources were granted excessive permissions which were ultimately left unused, according to the report. Meanwhile, 44% of organizations allow IAM password reuse and 53% of cloud accounts allow weak password usage.

Read more at – Mismanaged IAM Can Lead to Data Breaches