Shortfacts - October 2020


In the depths of the application
Non-human privileged access rights pose a significant risk to company applications and data, warns Cyberark. This mainly concerns application accounts or technical accounts, i.e. the access data and passwords stored in applications, scripts or configuration files.
If an external attacker or malicious insider gets hold of them, they may be able to take complete control of a company's entire IT infrastructure. To eliminate this security risk, companies need to eliminate static credentials embedded in scripts or configuration files, advises Cyberark.