The rise of the machine identity and what it means for cybersecurity [Q&A]

A report earlier this year highlighted the fact that machine identities now vastly outnumber humans. This leads to a wider attack surface leaving many organizations vulnerable to cyberattack and loss of data. We spoke to Refael Angel, the co-founder and CTO of unified secrets and machine identity platform Akeyless Security, to find out more about the problem and how enterprises can protect themselves. BN: What is machine identity, and how does it differ from human identity in the context of security? RA: Machine identity refers to digital identities assigned to automated entities, including servers, databases, containers, virtual machines, APIs, and… [Continue Reading]