The High Cost of Poor Privileged Account Management

The High Cost of Poor Privileged Account Management In the past year, several major security breaches were traced back to basic failures in privileged account management. Weak controls on admin-level accounts – from not using multi-factor authentication (MFA) to poor password hygiene – have proven to be low-hanging fruit for attackers. Microsoft reports that over 99.9% of compromised accounts lacked MFA, making them easy targets for password attacks ( Security at your organization - Multifactor authentication (MFA) statistics - Partner Center | Microsoft Learn )....

March 14, 2025 · 13 min · Jay Klinkowsky