Identity security was analyzed in a recent report by Silverfort. The report finds the identity attack surface as the most significant gap in cybersecurity resilience today, with existing solutions like multi-factor authentication (MFA) and privileged access management (PAM) leaving critical exposures and allowing for the malicious use of compromised credentials.

The research finds that more than four out of five organizations have experienced a breach that involved the use of compromised credentials, half of which happened in the past 12 months. More than 80% of organizations have experienced an identity-related breach that involved the use of compromised credentials, half of which happened in the past 12 months.

Additional findings include:

•  65% of organizations have not implemented MFA comprehensively enough to provide sound protection. In addition, 10% of organizations have fully deployed PAM and have high confidence in its ability to prevent malicious use of privileged credentials due to the notorious complexity of implementing such solutions at scale.
• 94% of organizations do not have full visibility into their service accounts (non-human identities), making these highly vulnerable and often privileged identities a prime target for attackers.
• 78% of organizations admit that they cannot prevent the misuse of service accounts in real time, due to low visibility and inability to enforce MFA or PAM protection.

Read the full report here.