Why the Shift to SaaS Amplifies Identity-Based Risk

This report warns that identity-based attacks—primarily credential theft and account takeover—are the predominant threat to cloud SaaS environments, highlights the Snowflake data-theft/extortion incident affecting 165 organizations as an illustrative case, and recommends continuous compromised-credential monitoring, automated password resets, and adaptive MFA to mitigate the growing risks posed by shadow identities and multi-path authentication (ghost logins).