The importance of having automated server access controls
Summary
A large number of enterprises have not implemented automated server access controls, exposing themselves to risks ranging from insider fraud and corporate espionage to regulatory compliance issues and even nation-state sponsored attacks, according to a recent report by information security research firm Echelon One and enterprise access management specialist Fox Technologies. Enterprises responding to the survey also reported implementation of outdated access management technologies, which allows the theft and misuse of intellectual property and customer data once the network is compromised. Manual enforcement can also lead to "access creep" in which employees who have been with an organization for long periods of time accrue permissions, even though they may no longer be relevant to their current positions. Without that ability, IT is usually lacks the resources and staff to manually administer each individual user account within the organization, making access creep inevitable. Subhash Tantry, CEO of FoxT, says the inability to automatically authorise and enforce who can access which servers, and the commands they can execute based on the context of the request, leaves enterprises open to the risk of a data breach.
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