Identity compromise has become one of the most effective ways for attackers to infiltrate business systems. Firewalls, endpoint protection, and monitoring tools mean little once an attacker logs in using valid credentials. For MSPs and corporate IT teams, strengthening identity security and enforcing least privilege access are two of the most powerful ways to reduce blast radius and stop attacks earlier. This article outlines five practical steps to improve identity security across human, machine, and workload identities, while also building attack resilience through least privilege and continuous validation.

1. Enforce MFA everywhere—starting with high-privilege accounts Multi-factor authen...