The Protocol Trap: Why Session Trust Fails After Login

Whitepapers

Implementing Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Privileged Access Management (PAM) was supposed to secure our systems. However, once a session is established, our systems assume the same integrity persists throughout the lifetime of the session.

And attackers know it.

This white paper explores the limits of authentication and how it serves (or doesn't serve) the underlying protocols and systems that let us do our jobs:

  • RDP: Ransomware's first step
  • SSH: Built for trust, abused for stealth
  • Telnet: Yes, it's still out there
  • PowerShell & WinRM: Low-friction, great for scale

By exploring the purpose and legitimate use cases for our protocols, we can also identify the misuse of each and determine how to counter them.

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