A 2022 report on privileged user threats by Ponemon Institutes suggests that privileged user attacks skyrocketed by 44% in 2020, with the cost per attack at $15.38 million. With the colossal damage ...

Traditional security measures like firewalls and antivirus software are no longer sufficient to protect organizations from ...

Too many organizations are still allowing most of their end-users full-time administration privileges in Windows. If you ask why the taboo practice is continuing, administrators will respond that they ...

Windows UAC and least-privilege products aim to ensure that users have no more permissions than necessary to do their jobs “Least privilege” is the No. 1 IT security mantra. It means, “Don’t grant ...

The typical organization loses 5% of its revenues to fraud by its own employees each year, with most thefts committed by trusted employees in executive management, operations, accounting, sales, ...

Many of the largest and most infamous data breaches of recent years have a common root cause. Cyberattackers have exploited poorly secured privileged user accounts to steal or corrupt sensitive data, ...

One of the most important principles of good computer security is the principle of least privilege: A user should have no more access to data and systems than is necessary for their task. Too often, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Settle is a seven time CIO and the author of two books on IT management. Privileged Access Management (PAM) broadly refers to ...

Activists are calling for awareness and change following the death of George Floyd and protests across the country. Now, a new challenge trending on TikTok urges users to examine the privileges they ...

Migrating to Microsoft Windows 7 is becoming more urgent for the many UK companies that still run Windows XP. Support for the old operating system will come to a halt in April 2014, which means no ...