Third-party access management leaves organizations exposed

A survey of more than 1,000 IT security professionals exposes shortcomings in organizations' approach to managing third-party user identity and access that could leave them vulnerable to compromise. The study by Dimensional Research for One Identity finds that while 94 percent of organizations grant third-party users access to their network, 61 percent admit they are unsure if those users attempted to or successfully accessed files or data they are not authorized to see. Third-parties have privileged (administrative or superuser) access according to 72 percent, and only 22 percent say they know for certain their third-party users are not attempting to… [Continue Reading]