least privilege

Firms Say They Limit Admin Rights. More Than A Third Still Hand Them Out, CyberFOX Data Shows.

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Cyber Insurance News story on least privilege, showing a row of office coat hooks each holding an identical brass master key

Of 215 IT leaders who say their organization closely follows least privilege, 78 still let employees keep standing admin rights. CyberFOX shared that breakdown with CINI. Its CTO says cyber insurance questionnaires are where the gap shows. “Can you show that users do not have unnecessary administrative privileges?” That is one of the insurance questionnaire … Read more

Non-Human Identity Sprawl Is a Cyber Liability Insurance Problem Now

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People often talk about human mistakes causing data breaches and cyber insurance claims. But there’s another problem: non-human identities. These include bots, service accounts, apps, automations, and AI agents that act on our behalf. We give them access easily and then forget about them. Some reports say there are now up to 45 non-human identities … Read more

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