The Problem: The Identities Left Behind
As organizations grow and evolve, employees, contractors, services, and systems come and go - but their accounts often remain. These abandoned or βorphanβ accounts sit dormant across applications, platforms, assets, and cloud consoles.
The reason they persist isnβt negligence - itβs fragmentation.Β
Traditional IAM and IGA systems are designed
Leaked API keys are no longer unusual, nor are the breaches that follow. So why are sensitive tokens still being so easily exposed?
To find out, Intruderβs research team looked at what traditional vulnerability scanners actually cover and built a new secrets detection method to address gaps in existing approaches.Β
Applying this at scale by scanning 5 million applications revealed over
Just a few years ago, the cloud was touted as the βmagic pillβ for any cyber threat or performance issue. Many were lured by the βalways-onβ dream, trading granular control for the convenience of managed services.
In recent years, many of us have learned (often the hard way) that public cloud service providers are not immune to attacks and SaaS downtime, hiding behind the Shared Responsibility
You lock your doors at night. You avoid sketchy phone calls. Youβre careful about what you post on social media.
But what about the information about you thatβs already out thereβwithout your permission?
Your name. Home address. Phone number. Past jobs. Family members. Old usernames.
Itβs all still online, and itβs a lot easier to find than you think.
The hidden safety threat lurking online
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