Attackers are getting more creative in circumventing multi-factor authentication (MFA) and phishing kits have made it even easier to steal credentials. The fact is, managing the identity attack surface is more than just securing user accounts. You also need to cover cloud access and workload identities too.

For instance, attackers frequently get access to third-party accounts and then use those credentials to infiltrate the cloud and steal data. Often, this is accomplished through workload identities, which can be overlooked in permissions auditing.

Attacks targeting identity will continue to grow in volume and variety. Let us help you ensure that you have complete visibility into your identity and access.

 921
Password attacks per second in 2022, a 74% increase from 2021

93%
of Microsoft investigations during ransomware recovery engagements revealed insufficient privilege access and lateral movement controls

4. 2022 Microsoft Digital Defense Report, p. 2

5. 2022 Microsoft Digital Defense Report, p. 14

The sheer number of devices in today’s hybrid environments has made securing endpoints more challenging. Unmanaged servers and BYOD personal devices contribute to the shadow IT landscape—and are particularly appealing to threat actors. And it only continues to grow. We are ready to help you improve endpoint visibility and security hygiene.

3,500
Average number of connected devices in an enterprise that are not protected by an endpoint detection and response agent

6.  2022 Microsoft Digital Defense Report, p. 14

IoT devices are an often overlooked endpoint attack vector. Interestingly, as organizations harden routers and networks to make them more difficult to breach, IoT devices are  becoming a threat target of choice. For instance, an IoT device can exploit vulnerabilities to turn IoT devices into proxies—using an exposed device as a foothold onto the network. Frequently, organizations often have no visibility into IoT devices, and can even contain dangerous vulnerabilities, such as outdated, unsupported software.

There are emerging regulations for IoT security in various countries, but it’s vital to gain more visibility into all your attack surfaces—and that includes IoT devices.

41 Billion
IoT devices expected in enterprise and consumer environments by 2025

60%
of security practitioners say IoT and operational technology (OT) security is one of the least secured aspects of their infrastructure⁷

7. "The State of IoT/OT Cybersecurity in the Enterprise” 2021 Ponemon Institute Research Report, p. 2

Organizations are increasingly moving infrastructure, application development, workloads, and data to the cloud. This radical shift has increased the number of new attack vectors for cybercriminals to exploit, with many gaining access through gaps in permissions security. Cloud app development is a top cloud attack vector. So is cloud storage. And sometimes, cloud services providers themselves can be affected.

For app development, we recommend embracing a “Shift-left” security approach—that is, thinking about security at the earliest phases of app development. We can help you integrate your cloud and multi-cloud assets with your security tooling.

895
man-in-the-middle phishing attacks detected per month by Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, on average⁸

84%
of organizations that suffered ransomware attacks did not integrate their multi-cloud environments into security operations tooling

 8. 2022 Microsoft Digital Defense Report, p. 95

9. 2022 Microsoft Digital Defense Report, p. 16

Today, an organization’s external attack surface spans multiple clouds, complex digital supply chains and massive third-party ecosystems. It also extends beyond its own assets, and includes suppliers, partners, unmanaged personal employee devices, and newly acquired organizations. Fact is, the internet is now part of the network, and despite its almost unfathomable size, security teams must defend their organization’s presence throughout the internet to the same degree as everything behind their firewalls.

Are you aware of your external connections and exposure? Let us help you gain more visibility into your external attack surface and identify vulnerabilities throughout the entirety of your environment and extended ecosystem.

1,613
cyberattack–related data compromises in 2021;
more than all data compromises in 2020¹⁰

53%
of organizations experienced at least one data breach caused by a third party from 2018-2020

^{10. 2021 Identity Theft Resource Center Annual Data Breach Report, p. 5}