CyberArk Delivers Key Privileged Access Controls for ISO/IEC Standards for Information Security

CyberArk  , the company that protects organisations from cyber attacks that have made their way inside the network perimeter, has released a new white paper, “Safeguarding Privileged Access: Implementing ISO/IEC 27002 Security Controls with the CyberArk Solution.” The technical paper provides organisations with a blueprint for implementing the CyberArk Privileged Account Security to enforce controls pertaining to privileged access within the ISO/IEC 27002:2013 standard.

Privileged accounts, which consist of IT administrative credentials, default and hardcoded passwords, application backdoors and more, are targeted in nearly every significant cyber attack. In response, organisations are increasingly adopting best practices standards for securing these accounts, including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electotechnical Commission (IEC) 27002 standard. The standards highlight the critical nature of privileged account abuse as part of advanced attacks, warning that “the inappropriate use of system administrator privileges…is a major contributory factor to failures or breaches of systems.”