Breaches Using Stolen Credentials Are Surging

As an MSP, your clients rely on your expertise to bolster their data security and ensure they operate with minimal exposure to cyber threats.    

Now, imagine a client tells you that their proprietary research files have been compromised. They recently discovered an employee with appropriate permissions downloaded the data to an unauthorized offsite server three months earlier – except the employee in question was on medical leave at the time of the execution.  

A case of stolen credentials.

RISKING CREDENTIAL THEFT 

Hackers are steadily warming to credential theft as their preferred method of attack. For years, malware reigned as the go-to infiltration strategy for hackers, but according to Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigation Report, credential theft is taking over.