Identity Drift: How Authorization Became the Quiet Breach Vector2

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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 But once a user is through the front door, authorization remains fragmented, static, and dangerously outdated.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 executive briefing, 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.

Download the ebook to learn:

  • Why over 80% of breaches now involve valid credentials—and why authorization is the true weak point

  • How legacy access models create systemic risk through privilege sprawl and manual workflows

  • What forward-thinking teams are doing to implement just-in-time access, policy-based provisioning, and real-time enforcement

  • How to shift from access governance to a modern access control plane that adapts to human and machine identity at scale

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