{"id":46789,"date":"2021-02-26T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcon.xyz\/risk-to-watch\/end-user-trust-the-bullseye-of-modern-it-security\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:51:04","slug":"end-user-trust-the-bullseye-of-modern-it-security","status":"publish","type":"risk-to-watch","link":"https:\/\/arcon.xyz\/staging01\/risk-to-watch\/end-user-trust-the-bullseye-of-modern-it-security\/","title":{"rendered":"End-user Trust: The Bullseye of Modern IT Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Zero Trust IT security approach is gaining popularity, globally. The reason behind this IT security philosophy becoming mainstream is that it demands continuous assessment of the \u2018trust\u2019. Yes, it is the \u2018trust\u2019 that is conferred upon end-users, privileged users, administrators to access systems, is the weakest link in the attack kill-chain. Steered away by greed, vengeance, or some other malicious intent-like spying, end-users often tend to do things that aren\u2019t supposed to be done. They misuse this \u2018trust\u2019. As a result, organizations suffer data breaches, applications misuse\/abuse, and data exfiltration. On many occasions, there is a loss of productivity as some end-users tend to drift away from configured base-line policies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, how can this \u2018trust\u2019 be continuously evaluated? That is a big question. But not difficult to answer! Yes, indeed, if organizations can continuously assess trust by monitoring behaviour patterns and doing analytics around it, IT security and risk management staff can significantly reduce the IT attack surface. In other words, monitoring end-user \u2018trust\u2019 is the bullseye of modern IT security. At ARCON we believe that <\/span>ARCON | User Behaviour Analytics (UBA)<\/span><\/a> will become a central security component in implementing the <\/span>Zero Trust<\/span><\/a> philosophy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n