Improper cloud IAM leaving organizations at risk

There is an industry-wide cloud permissions gap crisis, leaving countless organizations at risk due to improper identity and access management (IAM), a CloudKnox Security report reveals. The report findings underscore the fact that attackers can leverage over-privileged identities to traverse laterally, elevate permissions and cause extensive data exfiltration. “The focus on digital transformation over the last few years—and accelerated throughout 2020—has led to a significant delta between permissions granted and permissions used in the cloud. … appeared first on Help Net Security.