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As SaaS ecosystems expand, not every user is human anymore. AI assistants, automation bots, integration services, and API tokens now perform countless actions across business cloud applications, often with the same or greater access privileges as employees. These non-human identities (NHIs) are silently driving productivity while introducing a new class of risk: unmonitored, long-lived, and often misunderstood access. These machine credentials (service accounts, API keys, OAuth tokens, etc.) are essential for automation and integrations, but their growth far outpaces the oversight and security controls applied to them. The result is a widening visibility gap. A lot of NHI types enjoy broad permissions within SaaS apps, sometimes more privileges than a human user, yet they rarely get the same scrutiny as employee accounts. Over-privilege is common: about one-third of SaaS app integrations have access to sensitive data that exceeds their needs. Let's examine a few notable data brea...

Enterprises are spending more than ever on DDoS defense, but despite the increased investment, organizations are still suffering damaging downtime. MazeBolt's new DDoS Defense survey , produced in collaboration with Global Surveyz, quizzed 300 CISOs and security directors across the US and Europe, and uncovered some surprising perspectives. The following is a sneak preview from the report. Inside the Survey MazeBolt surveyed senior security leaders at banking, financial services, and insurance companies with between 500 and 25,000 employees and annual revenues of at least $250 million. These are organizations where business continuity is critical and where a single outage can cause severe financial and reputational damage. Attacks Keep Coming – and They're Costly Respondents reported an average of 3.85 damaging DDoS incidents in the past year. 60% said they suffered between 2 and 5 such attacks. Larger companies faced the most serious consequences, with enterprises of more than 1...

As AI continues to make inroads into enterprise security, it's easy to see the appeal: faster triage, smarter detection, and fewer manual workflows. From SOAR platforms streamlining alerts to AI-enhanced identity systems approving access requests in milliseconds, the value proposition is clear — greater efficiency, speed, and scale. But here's the rub: speed without scrutiny can lead to security drift. AI is a powerful enabler, not an autonomous guardian. And in corporate security — where stakes include sensitive employee data, internal intellectual property, and privileged infrastructure — the absence of human oversight isn't just risky; it's potentially catastrophic. AI as a Copilot, Not a Commander In modern corporate security environments, AI-driven tooling is increasingly embedded into day-to-day operations. Triage systems leverage AI to correlate alerts, automation scripts to remediate routine issues, and IAM platforms auto-approve low-risk access. These advancements undenia...

Security and compliance professionals are no strangers to complexity. From staying ahead of ever-evolving threat landscapes to navigating an expanding web of regulatory requirements, the day-to-day demands often feel like a game of whack-a-mole. Enter AI copilots—powerful tools that, when used thoughtfully, can dramatically streamline operations and supercharge your security and compliance programs. While much of the hype around AI focuses on futuristic capabilities, the real magic today lies in using these tools to augment existing workflows. Think of copilots not as replacements for security teams, but as force multipliers—always-on assistants that help reduce toil, improve consistency, and enable teams to focus on higher-value initiatives. AI Copilots in Action: Security & Compliance Use Cases AI copilots are no longer just experimental toys. Here are a few ways forward-thinking security teams are using generative AI tools—like OpenAI's custom GPTs and Google's Gemini Gems...

Despite the widespread adoption of DDoS protection solutions, disruptive DDoS attacks continue to make headlines. Why? Even "basic" attacks are bypassing established defenses, as evidenced by the recent DDoS attack on X.  Our analysis, based on over 100,000 hours of annual attack simulations, reveals that all deployed DDoS protections are highly vulnerable — gaps that often go unnoticed until an attack successfully disrupts services. With no effective way to address these weaknesses preemptively, organizations remain exposed. This article examines why DDoS attacks persist and continue to inflict significant damage. How Even Simple Attacks Bring Down the Best DDoS Protections In 2024, Cloudflare reported more than 25 million DDoS attacks - representing a 53% YoY increase. This growing number of DDoS attacks and their escalating cost from damage begs the question: What are we missing? And how can the risk of these attacks (and the damage they cause) be reduced?  Unlike oth...

Non-Human Identities (NHIs) are an emerging focus for Security Operations Centers (SOCs) in the age of automation and autonomous tooling. With many of the most recent cyber-attacks focused on compromising NHIs such as secrets, machine identities, and OAuth tokens, securing NHIs has become a forefront concern when protecting confidential information and other digital assets. The Problem Findings from recent research from Entro Labs indicate NHIs outnumber human identities in modern enterprises by over 92:1, requiring more extensive visibility and investigation throughout the enterprise to secure than ever before. The rapid proliferation of Non-Human Identities throughout modern enterprises has standardized security exposure as a de-facto practice of most organizations - While Identity Access Management (IAM) tools and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) processes safeguard human identities and manage their lifecycles (onboarding, offboarding, role changes, etc…), NHI mana...