The Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report highlights a significant rise in third-party involvement in data breaches, which doubled from 15% to 30% in a year. Additionally, machine credentials are increasingly exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access and escalate privileges. To effectively combat these threats, organizations must extend their security strategies to encompass all types of identities, including non-employees and machine accounts. Poor lifecycle management of third-party accounts poses a substantial risk, emphasizing the urgency for rigorous identity governance across all user types to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Quietly, yet consistently, two underlying factors played a role in some of the worst breaches: third-party exposure and machine credential abuse.
The 2025 DBIR notes that this trend is accelerating, and it isn't confined to any one industry: healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and the public sector all reported major incidents stemming from third-party exposure.
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