Chennai: A survey released by CyberArk has claimed that 97 percent of senior security executives say attackers are increasingly trying to steal one or more types of credentials.
As organisations move assets to the cloud, increase third-party access to corporate resources, and enable sustained remote work models, attackers are targeting non-traditional user populations that may not be adequately protected.
“The CISO View 2021 Survey: Zero Trust and Privileged Access,” demonstrates consensus around the value of Zero Trust and a growing sense of urgency for securing privileged access.
The survey revealed a marked shift in spear-phishing and impersonation attack patterns:
The most widely reported group facing increased attacks is end-users ā including business users with access to sensitive data.
A majority of respondents (56 percent) report such users as being increasingly targeted by attackers.
Attacks are also on the rise against senior leadership (48 percent), third-party vendors and contractors (39 percent), and DevOps and cloud engineers (33 percent).
Widespread increases in credential theft attempts were reported for personal data (70 percent) and financial systems and data (66 percent). This is clear evidence of attackersā interest in gaining ‘high-value’ access ā access to highly sensitive systems that are often held by end-users rather than administrators for example.