Identity Management Is The New Perimeter
Solutions Review, Monday, February 5th, 2024
Sergey Medved of Quest Software examines why, in the wake of SEC charges against SolarWinds, enterprises need to shift their focus to identity management.
Recent SEC charges against the CISO of SolarWinds shook many in the cybersecurity industry as they made real the long-lasting consequences of cyber incidents. The charges also focused attention on the method used to leverage compromised SolarWinds systems way back in 2020: abuse of privileged accounts. Once attackers gained access to the privileged account status of SolarWinds deployments, they were able to do essentially whatever they wanted within numerous SolarWinds customers.