Privileged Attack Vectors: Building Effective Cyber-Defense Strategies to Protect Organizations

© Morey J. Haber and Brad Hibbert 2018

Morey J. Haber and Brad HibbertPrivileged Attack Vectorshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3048-0_22

22. Privileged Account Management Implementation

Morey J. Haber¹  and Brad Hibbert²

(1)

Heathrow, Florida, USA

(2)

Carp, Ontario, Canada

 

Organizations increasingly recognize that properly securing and controlling privileged credentials ranks as one of the best lines of defense against attacks from external hackers as well as from insiders. For optimal results, a privilege management solution should protect privileges at all stages of the cyber kill chain by implementing comprehensive layers of control and analysis. Overall objectives include the following:

• Reduce the attack surface by limiting the use of privileged ...