Getting off the Attack Surface Hamster Wheel: Identity Can Help

The article explains that enterprise attack surfaces are growing rapidly — driven by cloud migration, remote work, IoT proliferation, supply chain weaknesses, AI adoption, and widespread social networking — and that organizations are overwhelmed by a proliferation of specialized security tools. It argues that protecting digital identities (via IAM, PAM, secure directories, and zero-trust practices) should be the priority, alongside continued patching and secure configurations, because compromised valid credentials remain one of the most common vectors for attackers.