Application Technical Account risks (also known as Non-Human Identities or Service Accounts) pose one the biggest Cyber and Insider threat risks to any organisation. If you look at most of the biggest cyber incidents, they all have one thing in common i.e. the discovery and use of highly privileged Technical Account Credentials to access and compromise systems/data.

Regulators and Auditors around the world are now very focussed on this significant exposure that exists in most organisations. A number of years ago their primary focus was on Privileged Access Management, Segregation of Duties and Access to Production Controls, but are now raising significant audit points against numerous financial institutions.

Organisations cannot ignore or underestimate this risk and sheer scale and effort required to get these risks under control, to avoid being the next company facing a major cyber or internal threat incident.

This white paper will focus on core foundational principles organisations will need to establish to understand the risks around Technical Account Credentials and the key things they will need to consider from a core capability standpoint to manage the risks in an effective and sustainable way.

Application Technical Accounts

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