Uncovering Hidden Risks in Your IT Environment: Securing Non-Human Identities

When thinking about identity security and privilege in today's complex digital landscape, we need to consider all identities, accounts, and privileges. This extends beyond traditional human accounts to non-human identities as well.

Non-human identities (NHIs), also sometimes inappropriately called machine identities, play a crucial role in IT environments, often outnumbering human identities by well over 50 to 1. These NHIs include service accounts, system accounts, machine accounts, and application accounts. NHIs, often holding significant privileges, are used for automated processes, application interactions, and system management, making them high-value targets. Despite their importance, they are frequently overlooked in security strategies, making them attractive targets for attackers.

This webinar focuses on the unique challenges and risks associated with non-human identities. We will explore how attackers exploit these identities to access critical systems and data, sidestepping traditional security measures like Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) that are only associated with their human identity counterparts.

Key topics include:

• Understanding Non-Human Identities: Overview of NHIs, including their roles, types, and prevalence in IT environments and why this problem has really become a concern for all businesses and security professionals.
• Exploitation Tactics: Examination of methods attackers use to compromise NHIs, such as exploiting hardcoded credentials, API keys, SSH keys, and certificates.
• Mitigating Risks: Best practices for securing NHIs, including proper secrets management, implementing least privilege principles, and ensuring robust monitoring and auditing of these accounts.
• Real-World Scenarios: Case studies highlighting the consequences of compromised NHIs and the importance of comprehensive security measures.

Watch President and Practice Lead, Cybersphere, The Futurum Group, Shira Rubinoff and Chief Security Advisor, BeyondTrust, Morey Haber to deepen your understanding of the risks associated with non-human identities and learn how to implement effective security controls to protect these essential elements of your IT infrastructure. Discover strategies for reducing the attack surface and preventing attackers from exploiting these often-hidden pathways to privilege that every organization could become a victim too.