Topic: identity security
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AI Complicates Identity Management: New Challenges Ahead
Identity security is increasingly critical for enterprise protection, but many organizations struggle with the complexities introduced by AI and machine identities, creating significant risks. A majority of companies are in early stages of identity program maturity, relying on manual processes, w...
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AI and Complexity: The New Identity Protection Challenge
Identity security is now a strategic cybersecurity pillar due to remote work, cloud adoption, and digital ecosystems, demanding greater organizational focus. Key challenges include AI-driven threats, low trust in identity providers, fragmented visibility, and underutilization of advanced tools li...
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BeyondTrust Names Felix Gaehtgens VP of Product Strategy
BeyondTrust has appointed Felix Gaehtgens as Vice President of Product Strategy, signaling a renewed focus on innovation in identity security, privileged access management, and machine identity management. Gaehtgens brings over thirteen years of experience as a Gartner analyst, where he became a ...
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Oktane 2025: Securing Every Identity, AI, and App
The rise of autonomous AI agents in workflows creates unprecedented security challenges, demanding a unified identity security fabric for protection across all users and applications. Legacy authorization models like OAuth are inadequate for AI agents, leading to security blind spots and user cog...
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BeyondTrust Launches AI Identity Security Controls
BeyondTrust has launched new AI identity security controls to help organizations manage and govern AI agents, offering visibility, secure orchestration, and intelligent decision-making support. The platform includes capabilities such as AI agent insights for discovery and risk-scoring, MCP orches...
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Webinar: How Stolen Credentials Threaten Your Network Security
Cybercriminals increasingly use stolen credentials to bypass complex hacking methods, making identity security a top priority, as highlighted in an upcoming July 9th webinar by cybersecurity experts. The webinar will explore credential-based attacks, including infostealer malware and tactics like...
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Stellar Cyber Boosts Identity Security with ITDR Features
Stellar Cyber is launching Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) at Black Hat USA 2025, integrating it into its AI-driven SecOps platform to combat credential-based attacks. Identity threats are now the primary attack vector, with 70% of breaches starting with compromised credentials; Stell...
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Secure Your AI Agents Like Human Users
AI agents require the same rigorous identity and access management protocols as human employees to prevent data exposure and security vulnerabilities. Organizations face risks from unmanaged "shadow AI" applications and permission sprawl, necessitating centralized control and micro-level security...
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Top Open-Source Cybersecurity Tools for August 2025
Open-source cybersecurity tools are rapidly advancing, offering cost-effective solutions for vulnerability management, identity security, and penetration testing. Notable tools include Buttercup for AI-driven vulnerability patching, EntraGoat for safe identity management training, and LudusHound ...
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AI Transforms Enterprise Ransomware Defense Strategies
Ransomware attacks are increasing globally, with 70% of organizations reporting incidents, but fewer are paying ransoms (down from 76% to 57%), as cybercriminals now often threaten data exposure even after payment. Paying ransoms no longer ensures data recovery, with 25% of organizations failing ...
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Jeremy Renner on Resilience: Oktane 2025 Keynote
Jeremy Renner emphasized that his role as a father is his top priority, leading him to limit his career to be present for his daughter and valuing family over professional success. He discussed how overcoming early career struggles and a near-fatal accident shaped his resilience, guided by person...
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SentinelOne Leads 2025 IDC XDR MarketScape
SentinelOne has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for XDR software in 2025, highlighting its AI-native cybersecurity platform, Singularity, which unifies security data and analytics to combat threats effectively. The platform integrates endpoint, cloud, identity, and generative AI securi...
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Unlock Cyber Safety: Your 2025 Awareness Guide
Cybersecurity Awareness Month highlights the need to move beyond basic security practices as machine identities and AI-driven threats create unmanaged attack surfaces that organizations are unprepared for. Experts advise treating machine identities with the same seriousness as human accounts, emb...
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AI Security Risks: Even Experts Skip Oversight
Cybersecurity teams are increasing AI security risks by using unapproved tools, with 86% of professionals admitting to unauthorized AI usage, often handling sensitive data. Shadow AI—unauthorized AI tool adoption—poses critical vulnerabilities, with 30% of respondents uploading internal documents...
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