identity and access management

The evolution of the modern enterprise is marked by the relentless pace at which organizations deploy hybrid infrastructures: environments that stretch across legacy on-premises data centers, multiple cloud platforms, and an ever-expanding landscape of remote devices and users. This landscape...

For years, Microsoft Azure has stood as one of the core pillars of cloud infrastructure for organizations worldwide, embodying the promise of scalable, secure, and flexible platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions. However, a newly surfaced set of...

Azure Arc, Microsoft’s hybrid cloud management solution, promises flexibility and visibility across environments, but security researchers are increasingly sounding alarms about abuse vectors ripe for attackers. Amid a thriving landscape of distributed workloads, endpoints, and diverse...

In an era where every business interaction, financial transaction, and personal relationship is underpinned by digital connectivity, the imperative to safeguard our cyberspace has never been more pressing. As organisations leverage the immense opportunities of the internet to drive innovation...

Microsoft’s expansion of passkey (FIDO2) authentication methods within Entra ID marks a pivotal evolution in the company’s approach to enterprise security, bringing greater flexibility, granular control, and broader device support for organizations across global and highly regulated...

Mainframe security is facing a critical inflection point, driven by the collision of long-standing identity and access management (IAM) blind spots with a rapidly evolving compliance landscape. For decades, mainframes have served as the backbone of major industries—banking, healthcare...

In today’s enterprise security landscape, identity has become the new battleground. As cloud adoption accelerates and hybrid workforces proliferate, attackers—ranging from nation-state actors to cybercriminal organizations—are no longer exclusively targeting endpoints or applications. Instead...

Aembit has recently expanded its Workload Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform to integrate with Microsoft's Azure Entra ecosystem, a move that significantly enhances the security and efficiency of managing non-human identities across hybrid cloud environments. This development...

The digital backbone of enterprise identity and access management, Active Directory (AD), stands atop the list of cybercriminal targets—and for good reason. High-profile breaches and security advisories throughout the past year only underscore how often attackers exploit AD misconfigurations...

A recent analysis has uncovered a significant design flaw within Microsoft Entra ID, formerly known as Azure Active Directory, that could potentially allow unauthorized users to gain elevated privileges within an organization's Azure environment. This vulnerability centers around the default...

As new revelations surface about cloud security, the ubiquitous presence of SaaS solutions in enterprise environments is coming under renewed scrutiny. The recent warning issued by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) about potential broader attacks exploiting...

The emergence of a privilege escalation vulnerability tied to Windows Server 2025’s Delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA) feature has sent ripples through the IT security community, highlighting both the inherent complexity and perennial risks facing Active Directory (AD)-reliant...

The evolution of service account security within enterprise Windows environments has seen major innovation with the introduction of Delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSAs), particularly in Windows Server 2025. Promoted as an important cornerstone for automating credential management and...

Russian cyber threat actors have recently exploited OAuth 2.0 authentication flows to compromise Microsoft 365 accounts belonging to employees involved with Ukraine-related and human rights organizations. This sophisticated attack, tracked since early 2025, is predominantly attributed to...

The cyberthreat landscape continues to evolve at a relentless pace, with hacktivist groups exhibiting ever-greater skills in stealth, lateral movement, and persistence. In September 2024, a series of coordinated attacks targeted Russian companies, exposing not just technical overlap between two...

Microsoft’s latest announcement radically alters the cybersecurity landscape for small and medium businesses by unveiling Microsoft 365 E5 Security as a cost-effective add-on for Business Premium subscribers. From a high-level viewpoint, this move aims to bring enterprise-grade security...

Every time the cybersecurity community thinks they’re getting ahead of attackers, someone comes along and turns a trusted workflow into a digital bear trap. That’s exactly what’s unfolding in the latest campaign orchestrated by Russian threat actors who are gleefully exploiting legitimate...