Geopolitics and Cybersecurity: Why Attackers Go After Identities and Privileged Access First
Geopolitics and the 2026 Cybersecurity Landscape:
Cybersecurity must no longer just focus on protecting against zero‑day vulnerabilities or malware. Increasingly, geopolitical instability is the motivation behind attacks, spilling global tensions into corporate environments. In many cases, attackers are going after the privilege pathways that real users rely on every day, like usernames and passwords, high‑level access rights, and paths into sensitive systems that are not well monitored or watched.
How PASM+ Strengthens Your Cyber Defenses
Total PASM+, which amplifies Privileged Account and Session Management (PASM) capabilities with the cross-domain visibility and risk intelligence of BeyondTrust Identity Security Insights™, helps make these best practices a reality across your environments. Instead of leaving critical entry points unmonitored, Total PASM+ helps teams control and secure the things attackers try to use:
- Privileged Remote Access manages and monitors high‑level sessions, enforcing policies and controls to reduce the risk of account misuse or hijacking.
- Password Safe securely vaults and rotates credentials while enforcing strict access controls to minimize the risk of theft or misuse.
- Identity Security Insights gives teams visibility into accounts, risky privileges, unusual behavior, and non‑human or AI identities with excessive access providing actionable insights to address potential risks.
Together, this approach focuses on exactly the weaknesses major incidents expose like poor credential hygiene, excessive access rights, and blind spots in monitoring activity.
Identity and privileged access are the first places attackers go in most breaches, whether they start with stolen passwords, third‑party tokens, or high‑value accounts influenced by broader global events. Securing access and watching for risky identity behavior closes the most direct paths into sensitive systems and helps organizations stay resilient as the threat landscape evolves.
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PASM - Restrict managed account access to API
“Hi community, I have an integrated PASM environment deployed in Pathfinder. I have a group of dedicated admin accounts that I want to make available to a specific group of users. I configured requester permissions for this user group over the dedicated admin account smart group. The access policy is configured for auto-approval. I want to prevent users from requesting the password directly from the Password Safe user console, so they cannot access the servers without using PRA. To achieve this, I enabled the “API Only Access” option in the access policy, but the users are still able to request the accounts through Password Safe. I verified that:
The users belong to only one user group.
The only smart group with configured permissions is the one described above.
Am I missing something, or is there another way to restrict managed account access? Thank you”.
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