The principal of least privilege—How federal agencies leverage POLP to protect and secure their IT systems

This article originally appeared on Quest Software’s official blog, HERE. It may come as a surprise that for many years the concept of least privilege was foreign in a Windows network. It would not have been uncommon in the past…

9 reasons why federal government agencies need identity governance and administration

This article originally appeared on One Identity by Quest’s official blog, here. While government agency networks continue to grow and increase their number of network users, access points, permissions, and privileges, their cyberattack surfaces are inevitably going to expand alongside…

Five Steps for Embracing Least Privilege in Your Organization

Recently, this publication shared four benefits of a least privilege approach to security and explained why least privilege is an important part of network security. The importance of this approach is hard to overstate but it bears repeating that as…

Four Benefits of Adopting a Least Privilege Model

The least privilege model is something of a hot topic these days. As part of the foundation of a cybersecurity paradigm, it can provide a robust and resilient first level of defense against many comment cyberthreats. But what exactly is…