gettyBottom Line: Cloud transformation and the ever-changing nature of cloud infrastructure are making privileged access security for individual and machine identities cybersecurity’s greatest challenge. Many see each IaaS providers’ unique approaches to securing human and machine identities as another IaaS lock-in strategy in disguise. The following are a few of the many ways privileged access can be improved in the cloud:Automating privileged access for human and machine identities can help solve for the ephemeral nature of multi-cloud. Best of all, CISOs say multi-cloud brokering scales equally well to protect human and machine-based privileged access credentials. There are widening gaps in privileged access management between IaaS platforms, especially in the area of machine identities, which can be closed by utilizing cloud-architected, best-of-breed solutions across hybrid- and multi-cloud environments.

Source: Forbes September 29, 2020 17:03 UTC