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  1. Break Glass Accounts – Risk or Required

    October 1st, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Best Practices, Perspective, Research |

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    We have all seen the sign, “In case of fire, break glass, and pull alarm.” While this necessary mitigating control for fire safety is explicitly known and present in almost every building, an analogy translates into the cybersecurity landscape as “break glass accounts.” In fact, few risk-mitigating controls stir as much debate among CISOs as…

  2. Identity Blind Spots on the Network Layer

    September 25th, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in Perspective, Research, Security Outcomes |

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    Webinar Title: Zero Trust Falls Short Without Network Identity: Lessons from Salt Typhoon Date: October 1, 2025 Registration: Save your spot here Abstract Identity for users, applications, servers, and cloud has matured. Network devices are often the exception. Shared device accounts, SSH key sprawl, limited per-command authorization, and weak session evidence create a gap that…

  3. Salt Typhoon: How Network Admin Paths Became Attack Paths

    September 23rd, 2025 by Paul Hunter | Posted in News, Perspective, Security Outcomes |

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    Webinar Title: Zero Trust Falls Short Without Network Identity: Lessons from Salt Typhoon Date: October 1, 2025 Registration: Save your spot here Abstract Salt Typhoon highlights how valid credentials and built in tools can turn network administration into an attacker highway. This post walks a likely attack chain in plain language and shows where identity…

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