Identity Drift: How Authorization Became the Quiet Breach Vector

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Most organizations have modernized authentication with SSO, MFA, and conditional access. But once a user is through the front door, authorization remains fragmented, static, and dangerously outdated.

In this report, Opal Security’s Chief Security & Trust Officer Jesse Scott examines the growing risk of identity drift—where access privileges accumulate unchecked, especially among non-human identities. The result: hidden blast radius, escalating breach potential, and increasing operational overhead.

In this session, we’ll cover:

Download the ebook to learn:

  • Why authorization is the true weak point for todays breaches

  • How legacy access models create systemic risk

  • What forward-thinking teams are doing to implement real-time enforcement

  • How to shift from access governance to a modern access control plane

  • Why authorization is the true weak point for todays breaches

  • How legacy access models create systemic risk

  • What forward-thinking teams are doing to implement real-time enforcement

  • How to shift from access governance to a modern access control plane

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Headquartered in New York City
and San Francisco

235 W 23rd Street, 8th Fl, New York, NY 10011

77 Geary St, 5th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94108

© 2025 Perma Security Inc. | DBA Opal Security

Headquartered in New York City
and San Francisco

235 W 23rd Street, 8th Fl, New York, NY 10011

77 Geary St, 5th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94108

© 2025 Perma Security Inc. | DBA Opal Security