Managing Privilege: Balancing Access with Security

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In the final episode of our first podcast series, we are closing with interviewing Roie Cohen Duwek, Director of Security Research at Proofpoint, about privilege-based attacks.

Privilege is an entity's degree of power within an organization. These privileges can range from a DevOps manager's ability to manipulate sensitive files and systems, or a finance team member's authority to issue wire transfers on behalf of the company. 

 

Episode 7

 

In this episode, we covered:

  • Why Email Account Compromise (EAC) attacks are so insidious and effective
  • Privilege abuse and cloud-based attacks
  • Ways that legitimate accounts get compromised
  • What CISOs should do to protect their employees

 

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