Checklist for Preventing Identity-Based Attacks

Cybercriminals are exploiting the massive digital trail users leave online across their personal and professional lives. This vast trove of exposed identity data – from usernames, passwords, and personally identifiable information (PII) to device info, session cookies, and more – is scattered across the darknet, waiting to be weaponized against your organization.

While your enterprise is limited to the data you manage within your infrastructure, threat actors don’t have these boundaries. They harvest identity data from breaches, malware, and phishing campaigns, stitching the pieces together to impersonate users and bypass your defenses.

To fight back, defenders must correlate exposed identity data across time, systems, and users to stop targeted attacks before they happen. Use this checklist to adapt your prevention strategy in the face of evolving threat actor tactics.