In my nearly two decades leading identity and risk programs, I’ve learned a sobering truth that every CISO eventually confronts: hackers don’t hack in — they log in. We often obsess over the perimeter and the sophistication of technical exploits, but many of the most damaging security failures I’ve witnessed didn’t involve a zero-day or an advanced technique. They involved a perfectly “legitimate,” authenticated access request approved by someone with little understanding of the risk they were authorizing. I’ve seen this play out across the spectrum — from high-value production databases to seemingly low-risk ancillary systems that barely registered on the security team’s radar. In every cas...