82 percent of respondents say that privileged access management facilitates the move to next-generation technologies

PHOENIX, June 6, 2018 – BeyondTrust, the leading cybersecurity company dedicated to preventing privilege misuse and stopping unauthorized access, today announced the results of the 2018 Implications of Using Privileged Access Management to Enable Next-Generation Technology Survey.  The survey shows that 90 percent of enterprises are engaged with at least one next-generation technology (NGT), such as cloud, IoT, or AI.  Yet, while enterprises are optimistic about the business benefits these technologies can bring, they also have concerns about the risks, with 78 percent citing the security risks of NGTs as somewhat to extremely large. One in five respondents experienced five or more breaches related to NGTs. Excessive user privileges were implicated in 52 percent of breaches.

It is an exciting time for IT. Next-generation, transformative technologies such as AI/Machine Learning and IoT, and business processes like DevOps are leading the way to a bright future full of operational efficiencies, greater business agility, and cost savings. Yet, there is also a dark side to these NGTs: security vulnerabilities.

To better understand how security issues, such as privileged access management (PAM), affect the adoption of NGTs, BeyondTrust – the leader in PAM – surveyed 612 IT professionals in 13 countries. The results are a wake-up call for anyone looking to leverage these NGTs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]