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SURVEY REVEALS FIVE KEYS
TO SECURE DEVOPS, CLOUD
AND IOT ADOPTION
Organisations are coming to terms with the benefits of
Privileged Access Management (PAM) for the protection
of next-generation technology (NGT). BeyondTrust has
unveiled the results of its recent survey which found
there is a great interest in NGT and more specifically, in
digital transformation, DevOps and IoT.
B
eyondTrust, the leading cybersecurity
company dedicated to preventing
privilege misuse and stopping
unauthorised access, has announced the
results of the 2018 Implications of Using
Privileged Access Management to Enable
Next-Generation Technology survey.
The survey shows that 90% of enterprises
are engaged with at least one next-
generation technology (NGT), such as
cloud, IoT, or AI. Yet, while enterprises are
optimistic about the business benefits these
technologies can bring, they also have
concerns about the risks, with 78% citing
the security risks of NGTs as somewhat to
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extremely large. One in five respondents
experienced five or more breaches related
to NGTs. Excessive user privileges were
implicated in 52% of breaches.
It’s an exciting time for IT. Next-generation,
transformative technologies such as AI/
machine learning and IoT, and business
processes like DevOps, are leading the
way to a bright future full of operational
efficiencies, greater business agility and cost
savings. Yet, there is also a dark side to these
NGTs: security vulnerabilities.
To better understand how security issues,
such as privileged access management
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