Veza, the leader in identity security solutions, has made exciting new updates to its unified identity security platform. Today, it provides more muscular protection for non-human identities (NHIs) in increasingly hybrid, AI-fueled landscapes. Their improved platform provides unmatched visibility and control across all machine identities, filling a primary hole in today’s security architectures. Today, Veza’s platform powers more than 20 billion permissions. It’s designed to grow with the increasing complexity of infrastructure we face today. The platform then continuously ingests authorization metadata and automatically discovers machine identities across every system. It aggregates all of their effective permissions to provide a holistic view of access controls. This improvement is a welcome improvement and right on time. Organizations are struggling to deal with the increasing risk of attacks against unmonitored machine identities with privileged access as seen with Volt Typhoon.

Addressing the Vulnerability of Non-Human Identities

The expansion of Veza’s platform is a timely move given the rising security challenges from the emergence of non-human identities. These identities comprise service accounts, applications, and other nonhuman entities. For one, they typically carry too many privileges with too little oversight that render them low-hanging fruit for bad actors.

"Attackers know that machine identities are often over-permissioned, unmonitored, and poorly owned, so they exploit them," - Tarun Thakur

Veza helps customers gain visibility into all NHIs, understand their effective access, and implement appropriate security measures to mitigate potential threats. Veza’s centralized machine identity platform manages and secures machine identities across hybrid IT environments. Throughout their lifecycle, this strategic approach empowers organizations to minimize their attack surface and improve their overall security posture.

Comprehensive Visibility and Control

Veza’s Identity Intelligence Platform provides a unique, highly scalable and effective solution to master non-human identities and it provides organizations with the visibility and control they need to confidently protect their most critical assets. The platform automatically, continuously discovers and monitors machine identities across every system—every cloud environment, on-premises infrastructure, even AI-driven applications today and tomorrow. It then layers on the effective permissions for these identities, allowing for a straightforward view of what access they have.

"Veza is designed to scale with modern infrastructure. With over 20 billion permissions under management, our platform continuously ingests authorization metadata to automatically discover machine identities across all systems, and map their effective permissions," - Tarun Thakur

This comprehensive visibility allows organizations to identify and remediate excessive privileges, enforce least privilege access, and monitor NHI activity for suspicious behavior.

Mitigating Advanced Threats

These new capabilities make Veza’s platform unique in the fight against advanced persistent threats (APTs). We’re seeing this play out in real-time with threats such as Volt Typhoon. Such attacks usually include the hijacking of machine identities as a means to expose highly privileged systems and sensitive data. Veza's platform helps organizations detect and prevent such attacks by providing continuous monitoring of NHI activity and alerting on suspicious behavior. By identifying and mitigating the risks associated with non-human identities, Veza helps organizations strengthen their defenses against advanced threats and protect their critical assets.