From EMEA breaches to global risk: Why machine identity security can’t wait

Retailers across EMEA have been making headlines for all the wrong reasons—ransomware, data breaches, and service disruptions that paralyze operations and erode customer trust. In many of these incidents, attackers exploited the same weak spot: ungoverned machine identities. And it’s not just EMEA. Globally, the fastest-growing risk in identity security today isn’t human—it’s machine. From bots to service accounts to APIs, machine identities now outnumber humans in most organizations. But unlike human users, they’re often untracked, ownerless, and ungoverned. That oversight comes at a cost. In a major early-2025 cyberattack, threat actors infiltrated a company’s network by stealing its Active Directory database. They leveraged exposed machine and service accounts to move laterally across the environment, ultimately deploying ransomware that crippled payment systems and disrupted logistics at scale. In breach after breach, the pattern is clear: unmanaged machine identities open the door to serious business disruption. Join us to explore how to close these gaps with SailPoint Machine Identity Security. In this session, you’ll learn: - Why machine identities are now a top target in modern attacks - Key takeaways from recent EMEA breaches and why they signal a global trend - How discovery forms the foundation for effective machine identity governance - How SailPoint’s new AI-driven discovery capability surfaces hidden accounts—before attackers do Whether you're operating in EMEA or elsewhere, don’t let invisible identities become your biggest blind spot. Learn how to bring them into the light—and under control.