In recent years, some of the most damaging cyberattacks in Europe share a common thread – identity. As traditional defences strengthen, attackers have shifted tactics, moving away from malware and exploits toward abusing legitimate credentials, permissions, and trust relationships within enterprise environments.
This session considers how attackers use identities to navigate industry-standard defences. We’ll explore the anatomy of an identity-based attack – from initial access through to organisational-wide takeover – and highlight recurring patterns seen across European enterprises.
Today’s breaches aren’t the result of poor security but of unseen complexity. Hidden identity attack paths buried deep in Active Directory and Entra ID provide adversaries with millions of routes to critical systems.
We’ll conclude with a strategy to move from reactive defence to proactive identity risk management. By continuously mapping and removing identity attack paths, organisations can eliminate the bridges adversaries depend on.