Privileged access is the Achilles heel of enterprise security

Failure to automate control of physical accounts is a major weak point in enterprise security according to a study released by Thycotic. Among the findings are that a significant number of enterprises (28 percent) only audit privileged access management (PAM) on a quarterly or annual basis. While 83 percent of enterprises give privileged access to third party organisations or contractors, with 31 percent frequently giving privileged access to third parties, 11 percent take at least a month to remove access once an employee or contractor leaves the organization. Also worrying is that although a majority of IT professionals are familiar… [Continue Reading]