Threat actors don’t often need to execute the latest zero-day exploit or fight through firewalls to launch their attacks. Instead, they simply walk through the front door with stolen user credentials and take over legitimate digital identities. But while cyber attacks can be inevitable, damage and disruption are not. Organizations that take a privilege-centric approach to securing identities — both human and machine — are better positioned to stop attackers from reaching valuable assets and data.

In the Beginning, There Were Human Identities. Then, Non-Human Identities Emerged in Full Force

As organizations accelerate major digital initiatives and employ automation across their enterprise, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) and DevOps methodologies have become the key to moving fast and staying agile. And applications — from traditional software solutions hosted in corporate data centers to modern applications running in the cloud — are the backbone of modern business. Identity Security programs must evolve and extend across these areas, weaving Privileged Access Management into the fabric of enterprise strategy and application pipelines.

Read more at cyberark: You’ve Got Privileged Access Management… But Can You Keep Secrets Secure?