Understanding Privileged Identity Theft

Privileged identity theft is considered the biggest threat inside a network

What do seven of the ten largest data breaches in the 21st century have in common? Privileged identity theft, the compromise of credentials to privileged accounts, was explicitly mentioned or indicated in post-mortem reviews of these mega-breaches. Read here this whitepaper, to learn why privileged identities pose such a risk to enterprises, how they are compromised by attackers, how current methods fail to stop these threats, and how an organization can protect itself.

Strategies to ensure success

Getting identity and access management (IAM) right for standard users is hard enough. What about your superusers?

Privileged accounts and users with elevated access have unique requirements that often push management and governance beyond the reach of traditional methods for privileged account management (PAM). The e-book «Strategies to ensure success for your Privileged Management Project» will arm you with questions and perspectives you can use to put in place a successful PAM program:

  • Other names that PAM goes by
  • The benefit of delegating authority in Windows, and why it’s the lesser of two evils
  • The role of sudo in PAM
  • How to respond when someone says, “Hey, all we need is a credential vault.”
  • Four rules for the Unix/Linux root account and the administrators who use it

It will also show you how to prepare your organization for the security, management and governance you need for your superuser accounts.


Please contact your local Exclusive Networks Account Manager to learn more about how to prevent privileged identity theft with One Identity products.