Top identity and access management risks | TechTarget
Identity and access management has evolved from a supporting IT function into the foundation of enterprise security. In modern organizations, identity governs access not only for employees, but also for contractors, cloud workloads, SaaS platforms, APIs, automation pipelines and, increasingly, AI-driven systems and agents. It's common to hear identity described as the new perimeter.
Attackers no longer need to break in through traditional technical exploits if they can simply log in with stolen credentials, hijacked sessions, abused API tokens or compromised nonhuman identities (NHIs). At the same time, organizations struggle to manage sprawling SaaS ecosystems, cloud-native infrastructure, decentralized identity stores and autonomous AI systems.
All this means security teams face a mix of traditional IAM risks and newer identity challenges.
Overprivileged access remains one of the biggest risks
Users, administrators, service accounts and cloud roles often accumulate permissions over time that far exceed what they require. Organizations frequently grant...
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