The SolarWinds breach demonstrated how attackers exploited compromised privileged accounts to infiltrate over 18,000 organizations. By stealing credentials, moving laterally, and escalating privileges, they gained access to sensitive systems. CyberArk recommends immediate remediation steps such as deploying or validating Privileged Access Management, rotating credentials regularly, isolating sessions, restricting Tier0 access, and enabling adaptive MFA. Longer-term actions include applying least privilege across servers and applications, securing CI/CD pipelines, modernizing authentication protocols, and following CyberArk’s Blueprint for PAM success. These measures strengthen identity security, reduce attack surfaces, and help regain control.

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