"Identity-Based Attacks on Organizations Surged in 2021"

Identity-based attacks and living-off-the-land (LotL) behaviors were the top two threats to organizations in 2021, according to a report recently released by Blumira. The new data was derived from an analysis of Blumira's security detections across 230 organizations' log datasets. One of the most important discoveries was that identity attacks increased. Identity-driven techniques made up three out of Blumira's top five findings at 60 percent. Jim Simpson, CEO of Blumira, pointed out that the last few years accelerated transformation in the modern workplace regarding how people use tools to access and perform work activities. Threat actors are well aware that such changes often introduce security vulnerabilities, especially when it comes to maintaining identities. Simpson emphasized that the growth in identity-based attacks calls on organizations to improve towards having better visibility across their environments, particularly in cloud and hybrid ones. This article continues to discuss the observed increase in identity-based attacks against organizations. 

SC Magazine reports "Identity-Based Attacks on Organizations Surged in 2021"