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Cybersecurity
Filtered view of the 12Port blog. Field reports, technical breakdowns, compliance updates, and product news from the 12Port team.
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Secure SSH Access Without Changing How Administrators Work
If you ask a Linux administrator what SSH client they use, you’ll probably get an immediate answer: OpenSSH, PuTTY, Windows Terminal, SecureCRT. Whatever the…
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Why Engineers Still Work Around Privileged Access Management
For most of my career, I’ve been helping organizations solve the same challenge. How do you secure privileged access without making it harder for people to do…
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Is It Time for a Terminal-Native PAM Approach?
Privileged Access Management (PAM) has evolved through several generations. We’ve gone from password vaults to session management, from VPNs to Zero Trust, and now we’re talking about securing AI agents and…
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Don’t Lose Sight of the Fundamentals of Privileged Access Management
There’s a lot of discussion in privileged access management (PAM) and identity security right now about AI agents, non-human identities and machine identities. And there should be. These identities…
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Your AI Agents Should Be Getting Their Credentials from a PAM Vault
The rise of AI agents has created a problem that most security teams have not yet fully reckoned with. Developers are building agents that…
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CISA Recommends Privileged Access Controls for Endpoint Management After Stryker Incident
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a rare and urgent advisory following a March 11, 2026 cyberattack that disrupted the Microsoft environment of Stryker Corporation. Reports indicate the attackers…
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Ring-fencing AI Workloads for NIST and ISO Compliance
As organizations race to deploy AI agents, they often overlook a critical risk: Identity Inheritance. AI workloads, model runners, and CI/CD bots often inherit…
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How to Enable MFA Before RDP and SSH Sessions
Remote access is essential for modern enterprises. IT administrators, DevOps teams, and vendors need to connect to critical infrastructure using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)…
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Importance of a Zero Trust Architecture
Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) is more than a buzzword; it is an essential security framework used to combat escalating cybersecurity threats. Cybersecurity has become…
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The Cost of Inaction in Cybersecurity
When it comes to cybersecurity, doing nothing is not a strategy. It’s a liability. Organizations must make an effort to improve their security posture…
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