Why “Least Privilege” Fails in Real Environments
SpecterOps makes the case that periodic access reviews mask real privilege-escalation paths — a shift toward continuous graph-based visibility is needed, especially as NIS2 demands demonstrable risk management.
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The answer isn’t to abandon least privilege as a principle. It remains the right objective. What needs to change is how organizations approach achieving it. Defending a graph requires seeing the graph. That means moving away from point-in-time audits and static policy reviews, towards a continuous, graph-based understanding of your actual attack surface — not […] The post Why “Least Privilege” Fails in Real Environments appeared first on SpecterOps .
Editorial Analysis
Many European enterprises treat least privilege as a checkbox exercise; graph-based continuous analysis exposes hidden escalation paths that periodic reviews miss.
Pilot an attack-path mapping tool in your AD/Entra ID environment to identify and remediate standing privilege chains before the next audit.
Point-in-time privilege reviews leave blind spots — continuous attack-path analysis better satisfies NIS2 access-control requirements and reduces real-world breach risk.
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