In multi-cloud environments, identities are the new perimeter, and CyberArk’s Insight to Action framework highlights six major risks: dormant users, misconfigurations, persistent access, excessive permissions, unrotated secrets, and non-vaulted admin accounts. Each creates backdoors for attackers, enabling privilege escalation, lateral movement, and data theft. The framework recommends automating de-provisioning, enforcing least privilege, adopting Zero Standing Privileges with just-in-time access, rotating secrets, and vaulting admin credentials. By combining visibility, automation, and governance across AWS, Azure, and GCP, organizations can reduce exposure, ensure compliance, and build a resilient identity security posture.

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