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Enterprise Strategy Group Releases New Research that Determines New Privileged Account Security Model Necessary to Protect Against Cyber ThreatsJun 11, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Despite cyber-attackers increasingly targeting privileged accounts as part of their enterprise assaults, organizations are still taking inefficient, tactical approaches to privileged account management that does little to prevent the escalation of APTs. According to a release, this was the finding in a new report from Senior Principal Analyst Jon Oltsik of Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), called "Advanced Cyber Threats Demand a New Privileged Account Security Model." In the new report, Oltsik concludes that organizations need to deploy a privileged account strategy that centralizes management, monitoring and control of these accounts in order to minimize the enterprise "attack surface." Oltsik describes Cyber-Ark as an example of an "end-to-end" solution for privileged/shared account protection, accountability, and intelligence. Oltsik will share the results of the new report in a Webinar, and through a public Twitter Q&A. The full report is available for download on Cyber-Ark's website. ESG's "Advanced Cyber Threats Demand a New Privileged Account Security Model" report revealed that while "59 percent of enterprise organizations are certain or fairly certain they have been the target of an APT," many continue to rely on marginal adjustments to privileged account security despite the increasing number of APTs linked to these accounts. According to Oltsik, "tactical changes don't go far enough. Rather, CISOs need to think in terms of a privileged account security architecture offering central control, management, monitoring, and oversight of privileged accounts." Oltsik will elaborate on his findings, and his recommendation of Cyber-Ark's Privileged Identity Management Suite, through a live webinar presentation and interactive Q&A session on Twitter. Access Oltsik's report at cyber-ark.com/landing-pages/esg/index.asp?utm_source=press&utm_medium=release&utm_campaign=ESG Cyber-Ark Software is a global information security company that specializes in protecting and managing privileged users, sessions, applications and sensitive information to improve compliance, productivity and protect organizations against insider threats and external threats. More information: cyber-ark.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |