{"id":4272,"date":"2019-03-01T11:50:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2019-03-01T11:50:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T15:50:13","slug":"privileged-access-security-5-key-enterprise-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/privileged-access-security-5-key-enterprise-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Privileged Access Security: 5 Key Enterprise Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No one can overstate the importance of privileged access security in modern enterprise InfoSec. According to a recent report from <\/span>privileged access management<\/span><\/a> solution provider Centrify, 74% of data breaches begin with a privileged account. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Moreover, Centrify\u2019s findings may prove <\/span>conservative<\/span><\/i>. Forrester Research estimates 80% of enterprise breaches begin with a stolen or weak set of privileged credentials. <\/span><\/p>\n

Even though enterprises continue to increase their cybersecurity budgets, a widespread immaturity surrounding their privileged access security lingers. If enterprises truly invested and researched the potential of identity management and privileged access management, they could mitigate the chances of a data breach significantly.<\/span><\/p>\n

To help your business recognize the importance of privileged access security, we compiled 5 key best practices: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1) Privileged Access Security In Context<\/b><\/h3>\n

Of course, recognizing the importance of privileged access management requires understanding the full cybersecurity context. You need to understand the severity of the problem to motivate wholehearted policy changes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Key findings from Thycotic, Centrify, and Identity Automation on the importance of PAM include: <\/span><\/p>\n