{"id":4265,"date":"2019-02-26T11:37:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=4265"},"modified":"2019-02-26T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:37:18","slug":"74-of-enterprise-breaches-involved-access-to-a-privileged-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/74-of-enterprise-breaches-involved-access-to-a-privileged-account\/","title":{"rendered":"74% of Enterprise Breaches Involved Access to a Privileged Account"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This morning, privileged access management solution provider Centrify<\/a> released their latest survey, \u201cPrivileged Access Management in the Modern Threatscape.\u201d Among its findings, Centrify discovered 74% of respondents whose enterprise suffered a breach said it involved a privileged account. <\/span><\/p>\n

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In the Privileged Access Management in the Modern Threatscape survey, Centrify polled 1,000 IT decision makers in the U.S. and the U.K. They revealed privileged credentials remain hackers\u2019 attack vector of choice. In fact, Centrify noted Forrester Research estimated 80% of security breaches involve privileged accounts; moreover, 66% of enterprises have suffered at least 5 breaches if not more. <\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, the Privileged Access Management in the Modern Threatscape survey found widespread PAM immaturity among enterprises both in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. 26% of U.S. respondents expressed uncertainty concerning the very definition of privileged access management<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Only 28% of respondents overall expressed a preference for privileged access management<\/a> as a top 3 digital project. For comparison, 40% said digital transformation. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Other key findings from the Centrify Privileged Access Management in the Modern Threatscape survey include: <\/span><\/p>\n