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The fourth industrial revolution has arrived. Also called industry 4.0, this term refers to the rise of smart factories and how manufacturing as an industry is quickly transitioning from place-based warehouses to networks of global software, automated systems, OT, and integration of the internet of things to manufacture anything and everything in entirely new ways.
When it comes to securing internal credentials, controlling the movement of internal users, and provisioning or de-provisioning internal access rights, it can be done in-house. Enterprise access management best practices call for aligning those user rights with an internal HR system, and creating a robust access policy for internal users is do-able for most organizations, especially when it’s dealing with internal access and more routine access points (like email).
If there’s a phrase as buzzy as Zero Trust these days, it’s least privileged access. The two sound similar in both name and concept. If you’re employing zero trust aren’t you, by default, also only granting least privileged access?
Despite warnings from every cybersecurity professional, passwords are still being shared, compromised, and ineffectively managed. 66% of individuals are using the same password across devices and applications. 42% rely on sticky notes to manage passwords. And shockingly, 59% of IT professionals rely on memory to manage their corporate credentials.
While access governance is the big picture, policy-building part of Critical Access Management, access control is the double-locks and extra protections that help keep an organization’s most valuable assets safe.
The digital world today is all about access. Third parties are accessing software programs, systems, and assets remotely. Employees are accessing servers and data from coffee shops, vacation homes, and even on the road. But more access inherently means more risk.
If you work in the cybersecurity field, or if you’ve ever worked from home, you’re probably pretty familiar with a virtual private network, or as we all know them, a VPN.
If you have any involvement with government entities and operations, chances are you’ve heard of CJIS compliance. It’s the largest division of the FBI and the primary source of information and services for all law enforcement, national security, and intelligence community partners.
“We had a large manufacturing company come to us looking to solve their third-party access problem after discovering a virus within their OT environment,” says Rob Palermo, VP of Product Management at SecureLink. “One of the first steps they took was to disable VPNs being used by third parties.
The cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline Co. and similar recent attacks such as the SolarWinds breach (which impacted several government agencies) revealed major vulnerabilities in government cybersecurity protocols and critical infrastructure systems, resulting in immediate action to be taken by the White House.