Cybersecurity vendor BeyondTrust launched this week the new Identity Security Risk Assessment, a free service designed to illuminate identity attack surfaces, so organizations can better manage risk and reduce vulnerabilities. This initiative underscores BeyondTrust’s commitment to support companies worldwide in understanding and mitigating identity-based security threats.
The combination of diverse, but hyper-connected, identity landscapes- spanning cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments- and the proliferation of identities, accounts, and entitlements has pushed effective identity security out of reach for most organizations. While identity is the connective tissue that enables modern work, it’s also the vector attackers exploit most to breach organizations, with 90 percent of organizations experiencing an identity-related incident in the last year.
The new BeyondTrust Identity Security Risk Assessment quickly reveals hidden Paths to Privilege within an organization’s existing environment. It analyzes key aspects of the identity infrastructure and provides an initial set of findings to help guide security decisions.
The Identity Security Risk Assessment solution offers several key benefits. It enables rapid deployment by connecting to diverse identity landscapes, including identity providers (IdPs), cloud platforms, on-premises Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta, and Ping configurations, in under an hour. It provides a comprehensive analysis by uncovering the entire identity attack surface from an attacker’s perspective within just 24 hours. Additionally, it delivers actionable insights by offering a unified view of high-risk identities, identifying unused accounts, and highlighting how attackers could potentially elevate privileges, thereby facilitating more informed security decisions.
“At BeyondTrust, our mission is to fight every day to secure identities, intelligently remediate threats, and deliver dynamic access to empower and protect organizations around the world,” said Sam Elliott, senior vice president of products at BeyondTrust. “We understand many organizations are struggling to grasp their identity risk exposure, and to that end, our new, Identity Security Risk Assessment allows companies to better understand and identify potential identity risk, all without the costs normally associated with such services.”
The Identity Security Risk Assessment is powered by BeyondTrust’s Identity Security Insights, a solution that aggregates identity data and employs AI-based detection capabilities to illuminate hidden Paths to Privilege and identity vulnerabilities. By offering this assessment service at no cost, BeyondTrust aims to democratize access to critical security insights, fostering a more resilient cybersecurity landscape.
