Why CISOs are betting on identity firewalls to stop the next breach [Q&A]

The network firewall was designed for a world that doesn’t exist anymore. When corporate assets sat behind a data center perimeter, inspecting packets between ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ made sense. But today, with workloads spread across multiple clouds, SaaS platforms, and edge environments, that perimeter has dissolved. Attackers don’t need to smash through firewalls when they can compromise privileged credentials and operate from within. A rogue or stolen admin account can cause catastrophic damage, something no network firewall can stop. The battlefield has shifted from networks to identities. We spoke to Amol Kabe, chief product officer at StrongDM, to discuss why… [Continue Reading]