Tag: iam
-
The Cloud and AI Velocity Trap: Why Governance Is Falling Behind Innovation
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, data, flaw, framework, governance, grc, iam, identity, least-privilege, malicious, malware, radius, risk, risk-management, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustAI adoption is outpacing traditional cyber governance. The “Tenable Cloud and AI Security Risk Report 2026” reveals how overprivileged identities and unmonitored supply chain dependencies leave orgs exposed. We offer 10 tactics to shut down your most critical attack paths. Key takeaways The velocity trap: Security teams are fighting “machine-speed” threats with manual processes; you…
-
Shadow Machines: The Non-Human Identities Exposing Your Cloud AI Stack
Tags: access, ai, api, authentication, automation, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, data, encryption, framework, governance, iam, identity, infrastructure, iot, jobs, login, mfa, password, risk, risk-management, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, toolShadow Machines: The Non-Human Identities Exposing Your Cloud & AI Stack madhav Thu, 02/19/2026 – 06:30 The machines we don’t see are the ones running our businesses. Unfortunately, most IAM systems do not track them. In an ironic twist, the ghost in the machine has become the machine itself: invisible, autonomous, and increasingly beyond human…
-
Why Attackers no Longer Need to Break in: The Rise of Identity-Based Attacks
In 2026 stolen credentials and unmanaged machine identities drive breaches”, small buys, phone scams, and weak IAM make identity the real perimeter; prioritize inventory, least privilege, and stronger auth. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/why-attackers-no-longer-need-to-break-in-the-rise-of-identity-based-attacks/
-
KI als AWS-Angriffsturbo
Kriminelle Hacker haben ihre Angriffe auf AWS-Umgebungen mit KI beschleunigt.Forscher des Sicherheitsanbieters Sysdig haben einen Angriff aufgedeckt, bei dem kriminelle Angreifer eine AWS-Umgebung in weniger als acht Minuten vollständig kompromittieren konnten. Laut den Threat-Spezialisten nutzten die Bedrohungsakteure dabei eine Cloud-Fehlkonfiguration mit der Hilfe von Large Language Models (LLMs) aus, um den gesamten Angriffs-Lebenszyklus zu komprimieren…
-
User-Managed Access (UMA) 2.0 Comprehensive Guide
Deep dive into UMA 2.0 for enterprise SSO and CIAM. Learn about protection api, RPT tokens, and how to implement party-to-party sharing in your IAM stack. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/user-managed-access-uma-2-0-comprehensive-guide/
-
Orchid Security Introduces Continuous Identity Observability for Enterprise Applications
An innovative approach to discovering, analyzing, and governing identity usage beyond traditional IAM controls.The Challenge: Identity Lives Outside the Identity StackIdentity and access management tools were built to govern users and directories.Modern enterprises run on applications. Over time, identity logic has moved into application code, APIs, service accounts, and custom authentication First seen on thehackernews.com…
-
From credentials to cloud admin in 8 minutes: AI supercharges AWS attack chain
Tags: access, ai, attack, ciso, cloud, credentials, detection, framework, group, iam, least-privilege, LLM, monitoring, trainingLateral movement, LLMjacking, and GPU abuse: Once administrative access was obtained, the attacker moved laterally across 19 distinct AWS principals, assuming multiple roles and creating new users to spread activity across identities. This approach enabled persistence and complicated detection, the researchers noted.The attackers then shifted focus to Amazon Bedrock, enumerating available models and confirming that…
-
AI Agent Identity Management: A New Security Control Plane for CISOs
Autonomous AI agents are creating a new identity blind spot as they operate outside traditional IAM controls. Token Security shows why managing the full lifecycle of AI agent identities is becoming a critical CISO priority. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ai-agent-identity-management-a-new-security-control-plane-for-cisos/
-
The Future of Single Sign-on: Insights for 2025
Explore the evolution of Enterprise SSO and CIAM in 2025. Insights on SAML, passwordless authentication, and developer-first IAM solutions for CTOs. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/the-future-of-single-sign-on-insights-for-2025/
-
Think agentic AI is hard to secure today? Just wait a few months
Cost effective fix: Do nothing: Kodezi’s Khan offers an interesting fix for that foundational problem: Don’t even try. He argues it’s a money pit that will never be fully resolved. Instead, he suggests pouring resources into creating a strict identity strategy for every NHI going forward. “Aim for containment rather than for perfection. You can’t really govern…
-
What’s New in Tenable Cloud Security: Multi-cloud Risk Analysis, Attack Surface Assessments, Improved IAM Security and More
Tags: ai, attack, cloud, compliance, data, data-breach, endpoint, gartner, google, governance, iam, identity, infrastructure, Internet, least-privilege, microsoft, mitigation, network, radius, risk, risk-analysis, service, supply-chain, switch, tool, training, vulnerabilityTenable Cloud Security continues to expand the technical depth of our Tenable One exposure management platform. Our latest enhancements include unified multi-cloud exploration, high-fidelity network validation, and expanded entitlement visibility across infrastructure and identity providers. Key takeaways Graph-based multi-cloud exploration: We’ve leveraged our unified data model to provide deep visibility across all cloud environments. You…
-
AI is flooding IAM systems with new identities
Most organizations view AI identities through the same lens used for other non-human identities, such as service accounts, API keys, and chatbots, according to The State of … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/02/cloud-security-alliance-securing-ai-identities/
-
Can Agentic AI ensure full IAM compliance
Why Are Non-Human Identities Crucial for Cloud Security? Does your organization fully understand the importance of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) in cybersecurity? With a crucial component of cloud security, managing these machine identities effectively can be the key to minimizing risks and ensuring robust access management. Where systems and services interact automatically, establishing a comprehensive strategy……
-
Always-on privileged access is pervasive, and fraught with risks
Tags: access, api, automation, cloud, credentials, cybersecurity, framework, governance, iam, risk, saas, serviceParadigm shift ahead: Forrester analyst Geoff Cairns stresses the cybersecurity risks at play when organizations do not rein in excessive credential use. “Persistent standing privilege, yes, I think that is rampant,” he says. “It is something that attackers can target and then leverage to move laterally through systems and create havoc. The elevated privilege makes that…
-
AWS adds IPv6 support to IAM Identity Center through dual-stack endpoints
Amazon Web Services has added IPv6 support to IAM Identity Center through new dual-stack endpoints. The update allows identity services to operate over IPv6 networks while … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/27/aws-iam-identity-center-ipv6/
-
Rethinking Cybersecurity in a Platform World
How Consolidation Is Forcing CISOs and CIOs to Rethink Security Architecture For more than a decade, enterprise security has relied on point solutions. Companies invested in separate tools – endpoint detection, firewalls, cloud security and IAM – each designed to address a specific threat or compliance requirement. But that approach is starting to break down.…
-
Workforce IAM vs CIAM: Identity Management Models Explained
Discover the key differences between Workforce IAM and CIAM. Learn why CTOs need distinct strategies for employee security and customer experience in enterprise SSO. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/workforce-iam-vs-ciam-identity-management-models-explained/
-
Workforce IAM vs CIAM: Identity Management Models Explained
Discover the key differences between Workforce IAM and CIAM. Learn why CTOs need distinct strategies for employee security and customer experience in enterprise SSO. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/workforce-iam-vs-ciam-identity-management-models-explained/
-
Flaws in Chainlit AI dev framework expose servers to compromise
/proc/self/environ file is used to store environment variables, and these can contain API keys, credentials, internal file paths, database paths, tokens for AWS and other cloud services, and even CHAINLIT_AUTH_SECRET, a secret that’s used to sign authentication tokens when authentication is enabled.On top of that, if LangChain is used as the orchestration layer behind Chainlit…
-
The Hidden Risk of Orphan Accounts
The Problem: The Identities Left BehindAs organizations grow and evolve, employees, contractors, services, and systems come and go – but their accounts often remain. These abandoned or “orphan” accounts sit dormant across applications, platforms, assets, and cloud consoles.The reason they persist isn’t negligence – it’s fragmentation. Traditional IAM and IGA systems are designed First seen…
-
JustTime (JIT) Provisioning: How Automated User Provisioning Works in SSO
Learn how Just-in-Time (JIT) provisioning automates user account creation in SSO. Expert guide for CTOs on SAML, SCIM vs JIT, and enterprise IAM security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/just-in-time-jit-provisioning-how-automated-user-provisioning-works-in-sso/
-
Driving Passwordless Adoption with FIDO and Biometric Authentication
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, cyber, data, defense, fido, finance, fraud, government, Hardware, iam, identity, insurance, login, mobile, passkey, password, phishing, risk, service, technology, threat, trainingDriving Passwordless Adoption with FIDO and Biometric Authentication madhav Tue, 01/13/2026 – 06:13 For decades, passwords have been the default mechanism for securing digital access. They are deeply embedded in enterprise systems and workflows, yet they were never designed to withstand today’s threat landscape. Cybersecurity Sarah Lefavrais – IAM Product Marketing Manager More About This…
-
CrowdStrike to acquire SGNL for $740M, expanding real-time identity security
Market consolidation accelerates: The $740 million price reflects broader consolidation as cybersecurity vendors race to expand identity capabilities. The deal marks the latest in a wave of identity security acquisitions as platform vendors expand beyond core products. Liu compared the move to Palo Alto Networks’ acquisition of CyberArk in 2025, noting both vendors are racing…
-
CrowdStrike to acquire SGNL for $740M, expanding real-time identity security
Market consolidation accelerates: The $740 million price reflects broader consolidation as cybersecurity vendors race to expand identity capabilities. The deal marks the latest in a wave of identity security acquisitions as platform vendors expand beyond core products. Liu compared the move to Palo Alto Networks’ acquisition of CyberArk in 2025, noting both vendors are racing…
-
Gestohlene IAM-Keys starten Krypto-Mining direkt in AWS Klau reicht: Angreifer starten Mining in AWS ohne jede Lücke
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/aws-krypto-mining-a-4b261723d832727305516431f7890644/
-
Enterprises still aren’t getting IAM right
Tags: access, ai, api, authentication, automation, cloud, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, email, governance, iam, identity, incident response, infrastructure, least-privilege, password, risk, saas, service, toolJust 1% have fully implemented a modern just-in-time (JIT) privileged access model;91% say at least half of their privileged access is always-on (standard privilege), providing unrestricted, persistent access to sensitive systems;45% apply the same privileged access controls to human and AI identities;33% lack clear AI access policies.The research also revealed a growing issue with “shadow…
-
When the Vendor Becomes the Customer: Building Internal Tools on an Agentic IAM Platform
4 min readIt began, as an engineer’s attempt to fix a nagging problem often does, with irritation. Each night, automated test pipelines ran across an expanding surface area of the Aembit Workload IAM Platform, validating that core components behave as expected across environments. By morning, the results existed, but they were scattered across interfaces and…
-
What is Identity Dark Matter?
The Invisible Half of the Identity UniverseIdentity used to live in one place – an LDAP directory, an HR system, a single IAM portal.Not anymore. Today, identity is fragmented across SaaS, on-prem, IaaS, PaaS, home-grown, and shadow applications. Each of these environments carries its own accounts, permissions, and authentication flows.Traditional IAM and IGA tools govern…
-
AI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026?
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, container, control, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, finance, flaw, framework, governance, government, healthcare, iam, identity, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, metric, monitoring, network, nist, open-source, oracle, regulation, resilience, risk, service, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, waf, zero-day, zero-trustAI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026? madhav Tue, 01/06/2026 – 04:44 If we think 2025 has been fast-paced, it’s going to feel like a warm-up for the changes on the horizon in 2026. Every time this year, Thales experts become cybersecurity oracles and predict where the industry is…
-
API Authentication Methods Explained: API Keys, OAuth, JWT HMAC Compared
A deep dive comparing API Keys, OAuth 2.0, JWT, and HMAC for CTOs. Learn which api authentication method fits your enterprise SSO and IAM strategy. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/api-authentication-methods-explained-api-keys-oauth-jwt-hmac-compared/