Three-quarters of companies have machine identities without a dedicated employee responsible.
According to research by Sailpoint, 69 percent of companies are managing more machine identities than human identities.
With around two-thirds saying that managing machine identities requires more manual processes than human identities, just over half (57 percent) said that a machine identity had been granted inappropriate access to sensitive data.
Also, 75 percent of surveyed companies have machine identities without a dedicated employee responsible for them.
“Machine identities represent an increasingly popular attack vector, and the longer organisations grapple with how to effectively manage them, the greater the risk,” said SailPoint President Matt Mills.
“Identity management solutions that do not provide real-time information on machine identities are essentially failing, forcing more manual steps, costing more in labour and resources, and resulting in poor processes that retain supposedly dormant identities, ultimately increasing the overall risk to the business. When selecting an identity management platform, organisations must consider every identity, not just those that are human.”
Written by
Dan Raywood
Senior Editor
SC Media UK
Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with more than 20 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 16 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Conference, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and ESET Security Days.
Outside work, Dan enjoys supporting Tottenham Hotspur, managing mischievous cats, and sampling craft beers.
