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The breach started at 9:17
By Tracey Williams | YoWAD Tech – We Build, You Grow.
No alarms went off.
No malware was detected.
No firewall was breached.
The attacker did not “hack” a single line of code, and no one noticed because nothing looked suspicious.
The attacker simply logged in. Let that sink in.
👤The username was valid.
🛡️The password was correct.
📱MFA? (Multi-factor Authentication) Approved.
From the system’s point of view, nothing was wrong because the system trusted the identity. And that was the problem.
🔐Cybersecurity is not about networks anymore; it is about identity.
🧬Identity is the digital version of who the system thinks you are. Your credentials, your access level, your permissions, and your behavior.
🧬However, if you have identity, then you have the power.
🛂Attackers no longer break in; they blend in. They no longer trip alarms or trigger alerts; they simply use stolen or mismanaged access.
Once they are inside, they can move freely because they blend in as employees.
But here is the uncomfortable truth that most people miss. The biggest identity risk is not a hacker that is sitting behind keyboards overseas, it is:
🔑Accounts with many accesses, former employees are still active and have access or shared credentials.
This is why identity is the new perimeter, and firewalls no longer stop valid logins, and antivirus does not question trusted users.
Modern security now asks:
➡️Who you are (authentication)
➡️What you are allowed to do (authorization)
➡️What systems believe you (trust)
➡️How your behavior matches expectations (context). This is why Zero Trust exists.
The next breach would not start with malware; it will start with a login, and the system will say, “Welcome back, Karen.”
If this makes you think differently about cybersecurity,
👍Like it, 💬comment “IDENTITY”, and 🔄share it with your network
👁️Because awareness is part of defense.
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