New tool uncovers ‘identity dark matter’ in the enterprise

Modern enterprises operate hundreds or even thousands of applications, each with its own authentication and authorization logic. While IAM platforms govern some of this environment, a growing share of identity activity remains embedded directly in application code, infrastructure, and service-to-service interactions, outside centralized visibility and governance. Orchid Security calls this ‘identity dark matter’ and is launching a new Identity Audit tool to provide a unified view of identity behavior and business context across the entire application estate, including gaps where centralized identity controls stop. “This ‘identity dark matter’ represents the critical disparity between an organization’s intended security policy and the… [Continue Reading]