BeyondTrust Launches AI-Driven True Privilege™ for Identity Security

BeyondTrust, the global cybersecurity company protecting paths to privilege, has unveiled True Privilege™, a groundbreaking AI-driven feature within Identity Security Insights. This innovation redefines identity security by revealing the actual, effective access an identity—whether human, machine, or workload—holds within complex IT environments. By leveraging AI-driven graph analysis, True Privilege exposes hidden attack paths, identifies security gaps, and mitigates risks beyond traditional Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions.

True Privilege is built on the concept that “defenders think in lists, attackers think in graphs,” as noted by John Lambert, formerly of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center. By mapping the intricate relationships between identities, accounts, and privileges, True Privilege uncovers Paths to Privilege™ that other security tools miss. Organizations gain the ability to see their identity estate from an attacker’s perspective, identify indirect paths to privilege, prioritize risk remediation, and integrate insights seamlessly with their security stack.

As cyber threats evolve, organizations are increasingly vulnerable to indirect privilege escalation due to interconnected systems, accumulated standing privileges, and security silos. Attackers exploit this complexity, making effective privilege visibility essential for proactive defense. Sam Elliott, SVP of Products at BeyondTrust, emphasized that True Privilege eliminates blind spots by exposing the privileges an identity actually holds and replacing standing privilege with just-in-time (JIT) access to strengthen security resilience.

True Privilege leverages advanced AI and machine learning (ML) to analyze identity data across diverse sources, including Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta, Ping, Atlassian, GitHub, AWS, and GCP, alongside BeyondTrust’s security solutions. Unlike traditional methods that focus solely on permission reviews or password vaults, True Privilege calculates the true, effective privilege of an identity, factoring in real-time interactions, configurations, and behavioral anomalies that could indicate a breach. This continuous risk assessment provides unmatched visibility, empowering security teams to take proactive action against emerging threats.

By integrating seamlessly with BeyondTrust’s Password Safe and Endpoint Privilege Management, True Privilege enhances modern identity security and privileged access management strategies. It eliminates unnecessary paths to privilege, highlights over-privileged accounts, and enables organizations to rapidly improve their security posture by addressing the most critical risk factors. Through its AI-powered identity graph analysis and risk-based insights, True Privilege delivers the next-generation approach to securing human, machine, and workload identities across hybrid cloud environments.