One of the biggest problems cybersecurity teams face isn’t a lack of tools — it’s too many alerts. Each notification demands time, personnel, and analysis. According to a study by Enterprise Strategy Group, investigating a single digital identity-related alert takes an average of 11 work hours.
That delay is a luxury you can’t afford. While attackers only need minutes to move laterally across your infrastructure, you’re losing nearly half a day just confirming whether an alert is real or a false positive.
Fragmented Identities: A Digital Minefield
Your identities — users, services, apps, clouds, even machines — are increasingly scattered across multiple platforms: databases, servers, Kubernetes, SaaS, API access points… Each piece adds blind spots and potential breaches.
This fragmented ecosystem, filled with various tools and vendors, not only slows down incident response, but also expands your attack surface. For cybercriminals, that’s a dream scenario.
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Credential Theft: The Attackers’ Shortcut
These days, attackers don’t need advanced malware to get in — just valid credentials. Passwords, API keys, or static tokens have become gold for impersonating identities and moving through systems undetected.
Studies show credential theft is already behind 1 in 5 data breaches, and in 2025 alone, it’s risen by 160%.
Too Many Tools, Too Little Visibility
Sound familiar? Your team uses a dozen tools just to track identity issues: one for the cloud, another for on-premise, one for SaaS… not to mention legacy tools, those required by insurers, or mandated by clients.
The result: inconsistency, orphaned accounts, poorly managed privileges, and little audit capability. All of this opens the door to serious breaches and regulatory penalties.
Identity as a Cybersecurity Priority
The good news: organizations are starting to react. 91% now consider identity security one of their top five priorities, and 87% plan to increase their budgets in this area.
The key isn’t adding more layers of complexity, but adopting unified models for cryptographic identity and just-in-time access. This approach reduces attack surfaces and helps you quickly answer critical questions like:
- Who accessed database X, and with what permissions?
- Is this behavior normal for that user or machine?
- What exactly did that identity do during the session?
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The Challenge of Non-Human Identities
The rise of generative AI and autonomous agents adds a new layer of complexity. You’re no longer managing just human users — now you must also govern machine, bot, and AI service identities.
According to an Okta study, 78% of security leaders see non-human identities as their top concern, even ahead of user lifecycle management or network visibility.
The recommendation is clear: foster tighter collaboration between AI project leads and security teams to innovate without exposing your systems to new risks.
Conclusion: It’s Not About Quantity, But Clarity
At TecnetOne, we know you can’t stop the flood of alerts — but you can reduce complexity and close blind spots. The future of cybersecurity depends on consolidating identities, automating temporary access, and using intelligence to distinguish legitimate from suspicious behavior.
Because every minute counts. The faster you detect and respond, the less room attackers have to move within your network.
