When the shield becomes the sword: How misconfigured PAM bridges the tiering model

This topic is actually one of the most critical aspects of centrally managed systems. While centrally managed systems make administrators’ jobs easier, they also make things easier for attackers.

As specialist working on the offensive cyber security side, one of the most significant problems we encounter is that, the security of all centrally managing entities is not properly positioned within a good security architecture.

Incorrect segmentation and misconfigurations make the entire system vulnerable.