selves in the crosshairs of dangerous and well-funded adversaries .
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Today ’ s cybercriminals are both willing and able to move laterally throughout networks , taking their time to identify the most valuable data to steal , or the most vulnerable systems to damage .
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And as a growing number of organizations recognize the need for more effective Active Directory and identity protections , products like ADSecure , ADAssessor , and IDEntitleX are helping them detect and prevent attackers from escalating their attacks into serious breaches .
Sometimes these attacks come in the form of ransomware , but incidents like the recent Oldsmar , FL water system hack demonstrate that they can have even more dangerous results .
The NSA , MITRE , and NIST have all recognized the value of deception , which is highly
With nation-state attacks increasing and vulnerable organizations looking to shore up their networks with reliable and easy-to-use security tools , deploying in-network defenses designed to detect and derail attackers early in the attack cycle is increasingly essential .
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