Inside the Modern SOC: The Identity Front Door
Unit 42 reports that identity-based attacks now account for the vast majority of incidents, urging SOC leaders to reorient detection and response capabilities around the identity layer as the new perimeter.
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Identity-based attacks drive 90% of incidents. Learn how modern attackers exploit identities and what SOC leaders can do to respond. The post Inside the Modern SOC: The Identity Front Door appeared first on Unit 42 .
Editorial Analysis
As traditional network perimeters dissolve, identity has become the primary attack surface; organisations without mature identity detection capabilities face disproportionate breach risk.
Conduct a gap analysis of identity-layer detection coverage and ensure IdP telemetry is fully integrated into SOC workflows.
Identity is now the leading attack vector—board-level investment in identity security directly reduces breach probability.
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