In a recent conversation with our marketing analyst at ESET Mexico, Juan Carlos Fernández, we discussed a story about a scam carried out by a bogus company during his time as a university student. The ...

Privileged accounts, such as administrator, root, and service accounts, are common to all computerized networks. These accounts carry a great deal of power. It is, therefore, natural for hackers to ...

Least privilege won't solve every security problem, but it's a significant step in the right direction My previous column on the questionable long-term effects of least privilege created a firestorm ...

Every breach story has a familiar subplot: too much access in the wrong hands. IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report puts the global average at $4.88 million, and unnecessary privileges are a quiet ...

Traditional approaches to network security are no longer sustainable in the cloud age, meaning companies have to adapt quickly. With more remote working, applications have left the secure perimeter, ...

Security and IT Audit people in the enterprise are always going on about "security principles." What are these principles and why do they matter in a business? Let's consider some of the major ones ...

Since Verizon discovered that 75% of attacks use compromised credentials, businesses’ interest in the idea of "least privilege" has increased dramatically. Least privilege is all about restricting ...

The least-privilege security model is one of the oldest and best-known endpoint strategies in the industry. It has the support -- at least on paper -- of Microsoft, and products for implementing it ...

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, ...

Commentary - For enterprise Windows users, having administrative rights gives them complete and total control over the security of their desktops - a scenario that is far from ideal and far too common ...