PRIVILEGED STATS

100%
of advanced attacks exploit privileged accounts. Properly secured privileged accounts can significantly reduce APT exposure
51%
OF PRIVILEGED ACCOUNT PASSWORDS ARE SHARED
53%
OF LARGE ENTERPRISES TAKE 90 DAYS OR LONGER TO CHANGE PRIVILEGED PASSWORDS
86%
OF LARGE ENTERPRISES DO NOT KNOW OR HAVE GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATED THE MAGNITUDE OF THEIR PRIVILEGED ACCOUNT SECURITY PROBLEM
67%
OF privileged ACCOUNTS ACROSS THE GLOBAL ENTERPRISE ARE EITHER UNKNOWN OR UNMANAGED

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"Hackers know that these things are built into the infrastructure and are everywhere and that organizations fail to secure them," says Udi Mokady, CEO of CyberArk. "It's a major, and easy, attack vector."

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John Worrall

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Russians, APTs and Cyber Security: What’s So Common about Common Sense Anyway?

While the world awaits the next titillating chapter of the ongoing saga involving Russia and the U.S. presidential election, there is one section of the recently released Joint Action Report (JAR) compiled by the DHS and FBI that has gone …

January 24, 2017
Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Not Immune From Cyber Attacks

Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the backbone of the U.S. economy. According to data available in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Profile for 2016, SMBs with fewer than 500 employees make up 99.7 percent of all U.S. …

January 20, 2017
Get Cyber Security Right in 2017: Prioritize Privilege

Prudent organizations understand the need to have a cyber security program in place to protect assets, but it can be difficult to determine which investments will provide the best business value when making the budget case to C-level executives. This …

January 12, 2017
Misinformation and the Loss of Public Trust

Misinformation—and the misuse of information—came to the fore of public attention during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Exactly who was behind the well-publicized hackings, leaks and fake news stories, and their impact, remains under investigation and might not be known …

December 29, 2016
The Most Fundamental Endpoint Security Problem is a Privilege Problem

Privilege escalation is at the center of the cyber attack cycle. Why? Because attackers need the credentials of an insider, and administrative credentials give them the power to move laterally throughout the data center, to access high value servers and …

December 13, 2016