The European Space Agency was compromised through Atlassian credentials – the same attack pattern hitting organisations across every sector. Here's what UK security leaders need to know.
Superb analysis of the credential management problem. The Cloudflare unrotated credentials case is the real teachable moment here, not ESA. Most orgs treat JIRA like a low-risk tool when it's basically a knowledge graph of every weakness in the infrastructure. We implemented 72-hour token expiry on service accounts last quarter and caught three dormant integrations that had admin access for over a year, stuff nobody even remembered existed. The NIS2 pressure is goin to force this conversation at board level finally.
Superb analysis of the credential management problem. The Cloudflare unrotated credentials case is the real teachable moment here, not ESA. Most orgs treat JIRA like a low-risk tool when it's basically a knowledge graph of every weakness in the infrastructure. We implemented 72-hour token expiry on service accounts last quarter and caught three dormant integrations that had admin access for over a year, stuff nobody even remembered existed. The NIS2 pressure is goin to force this conversation at board level finally.
This is exactly the kind of real-world validation that makes writing these pieces worthwhile. 👍🏽
Three dormant integrations with admin access for over a year is the quiet horror story that never makes headlines but should…
Curious whether the 72-hour expiry caused operational friction or whether the teams adapted faster than expected?