The CyberArk Identity Security Imperative report stresses that with network perimeters erased, identity has become the ultimate attack surface. In 2023, 93% of organizations suffered two or more breaches, mostly tied to compromised identities . Drivers like GenAI, cloud adoption, and third-party access are multiplying human and machine identities, yet many remain unmanaged or overprivileged. The report calls for a shift beyond MFA and SSO toward modern identity security grounded in Zero Trust. Key priorities include enforcing intelligent privilege controls for all identities, securing machine identities and secrets, consolidating fragmented tools, and embedding identity security into enterprise risk strategies .

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