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The Privilege Paths Attackers See, That You Don’t – A Complete PAM Guide

Cybersecurity NewsJuly 21, 20267 min read

Why identity fragmentation is the blind spot behind most breaches—and what a platform approach changes The Identity Problem Hiding in Plain Sight Identity is at the centre of nearly every major breach—yet most organisations still can’t answer one fundamental question: what is the total effective privilege of any given identity, and how could an attacker chain […] The post The Privilege Paths Attackers See, That You Don’t – A Complete PAM Guide appeared first on Cyber Security News.

Identity is at the centre of nearly every major breach—yet most organisations still can’t answer one fundamental question: what is the total effective privilege of any given identity, and how could an attacker chain it into something dangerous? The numbers tell a clear story. Credential abuse still appears in 39% of all breaches, according to the 2026 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report—even as vulnerability exploitation rises as an initial access vector. Meanwhile, non-human identities—service accounts, API keys, machine credentials, and AI agents—now outnumber human users by ratios of 45:1 to 80:1 in the average enterprise, according to research from Rubrik Zero Labs and KPMG. And 97% of those machine identities carry excessive privileges beyond what their function requires.…

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