What is privileged access management?
Privileged access refers to all accounts with more access rights than a default user. It can be either human or non-human users such as applications and machine identities. Privileged access enables organizations to secure their infrastructure and applications, conduct business more efficiently, an...
CyberArk launches tool for identifying Shadow Admin accounts
CyberArk, a cybersecurity company, launched an open-source tool to identify shadow Admin accounts in AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Microsoft Azure clouds. The tool will help organizations that use the cloud, detect and prevent Shadow Admins through targeting and securing the legitimate Admins in AW...
CyberArk Alero enhances Remote User Security with new Authentication
CyberArk, a leading global firm in providing privileged access management services, today unveiled new features for CyberArk Alero that allows remote customers to securely access CyberArk’s managed critical services from any mobile equipment- including non-smartphones.
“There are nearly 1.3...
Working from home poses great risk to company data and systems
Working from home has a significant impact on the risks to which company systems and sensitive data are exposed. Other family members often use company equipment, and passwords are also used for various applications.
CyberArk conducted a survey among 3000 remote workers from various European cou...
CyberArk acquires Idaptive for 70 million dollars
Cybersecurity provider CyberArk acquires Idaptive for 70 million dollars (65 million euros). Idaptive is a company that provides a platform for managing access to enterprise systems.
CyberArk announced the acquisition during their first-quarter earnings call. Idaptive is known for its multi-fact...
Five best practices for Robotic Process Automation security
RPA (Robotic process automation) is a powerful technology that streamlines and standardises process-related tasks. The technology is rapidly gaining popularity and is increasingly seen as a key element for digital transformation. When properly applied, RPA can increase productivity and data quality...
CyberArk expands SaaS portfolio for privileged access security with new services
CyberArk has expanded its SaaS platform for privileged access security with new services. The platform should provide companies with a cloud-first strategy with better protection and easier management of privileged access, especially in hybrid cloud environments.
The SaaS platform has received an en...
Majority of European companies do not adequately protect business-critical apps’.
Approximately 70 percent of European companies do not focus their security focus on applications that are critical to their business. This is apparent from research commissioned by CyberArk, which was carried out in various European countries, including the Netherlands.
Systems such as ERP and CRM o...
CyberArk provides constant protection of privileged accounts in the cloud
Security company CyberArk has unveiled version 10.8 of its Privileged Access Security Solution. In their own words, this is the first time that automatic detection, alerts and countermeasures for unmanaged Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts have been offered. The new version provides constant contro...
Thousands of Jenkins servers vulnerable to takeovers and data theft
Thousands, possibly more, of Jenkins' servers are vulnerable to data theft, takeovers or attacks aimed at cryptic currency miners. This is because hackers can take advantage of two different vulnerabilities, with which they can give themselves admin rights, or log in.
Both vulnerabilities were disco...
CyberArk enables privileged session management and monitoring for the cloud
CyberArk presents the Privileged Session Manager for Cloud. This makes it easier for system administrators to isolate, monitor and manage sessions of accounts with more user rights. This protects accounts with more access rights against abuse.
Access rights in the cloud are often distributed differe...
Demand for Kubernetes specialists will grow by 810 percent in two years’ time.
The demand for Kubernetes knowledge is growing rapidly, according to an analysis carried out by CyberArk. Over the past two years, demand for Kubernetes specialists has increased by 810 percent. At the same time, there are concerns about the security of container environments because of the need for...