🧾 Executive Summary
In 2026, the dominant breach pattern shifted from “break in” to “log in.” Attackers increasingly bypassed perimeter controls by stealing
sessions, abusing delegated access, and exploiting trust inheritance across SaaS and cloud ecosystems.
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Identity takeover became the fastest path to access.
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Session hijacking made tokens and cookies the new perimeter.
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SaaS connectors became lateral movement without network scanning.
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Cloud control-plane abuse became a primary escalation objective.
✅ Why Download This
This report maps where zero-trust fails under real attacks and gives fix-first controls that reduce impact fast: sessions, connectors,
posture integrity, ZTNA scope drift, CI/CD secrets, and immutable cloud logging.
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Zero-trust failure map across Identity, Device, ZTNA, SaaS, and Cloud.
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Metrics that matter: exceptions, standing privilege, token lifetime, connector scope.
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Defender playbooks: what to do first, what to automate, what to measure weekly.
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Real case studies with timelines, missed detections, and what stops it.
