SpecterOps Launches Privilege Zones in BloodHound Enterprise to Protect Mission-Critical Assets From Identity Compromise

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpecterOps, the leader in identity risk management and adversary tradecraft, today introduced Privilege Zones, a new addition to its flagship BloodHound Enterprise platform. Privilege Zones enable teams to define custom security boundaries around business-critical resources and enforce least privilege access continuously in on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments.

IT and security teams go to great lengths to configure identity properly, but the sheer magnitude and complexity of enterprise cloud and on-prem environments, along with the proliferation of human and non-human identities, make this an impossible task. The result is over-permissioned accounts and thousands of cracks in security programs. Adversaries use these attack paths to traverse the enterprise, moving laterally and escalating privileges to compromise critical assets.

BloodHound Enterprise was the industry’s first platform to help visualize and eliminate identity-based attack paths, focusing initially on protecting Tier Zero assets with direct or indirect administrative control. With the introduction of Privilege Zones, organizations can now extend the power of Identity Attack Path Management to protect their most vital business assets like HIPAA enclaves, code repositories, or PCI-DSS payment systems.

Privilege Zones enable security teams to define logical access boundaries that map to business-critical assets and resources. By grouping assets into zones, administrators can readily enforce the principle of least privilege at scale. Privilege Zones also detect identities vulnerable to hybrid attack paths, enabling the enforcement of cross-system privilege separation at scale. Unlike traditional access policies that rely on best practices and documentation, Privilege Zones create enforceable technical controls that make boundaries enforceable and help organizations move toward Zero Trust.

• Define Zones based on tiers, sensitivity or business function
• Prevent privilege escalation or lateral movement between zones
• Prevent misconfigurations from becoming attack paths

“Defenders have tried to enforce the principle of least privilege for years, but it’s almost never worked because they didn’t have enough visibility into their identity environment,” said Justin Kohler, Chief Product Officer at SpecterOps. “BloodHound Enterprise, with the new addition of Privilege Zones, looks at the enterprise the way an adversary does, which allows them to make real progress toward that goal.”

Privilege Zones will be offered as a premium option for BloodHound Enterprise. It will be available to Early Access customers in early July and General Availability in August. To learn more about Privilege Zones, head to http://specterops.io/privilege-zones.

About SpecterOps

SpecterOps is a leader in identity risk management. Possessing deep knowledge of adversary tradecraft, the company enables global organizations to detect and remove critical attack paths before sophisticated attackers can take advantage of them – a practice called Attack Path Management. SpecterOps built and maintains widely used open-source security toolsets, including BloodHound, the company’s foundational tool that enables attack path management in Active Directory, Entra ID and hybrid environments. BloodHound has been recommended by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, PricewaterhouseCoopers and many others. BloodHound Enterprise is the company's managed SaaS for identity and security teams, allowing for attack path prioritization, remediation guidance and reporting to show improvements over time. For more information on SpecterOps and BloodHound, visit https://specterops.io/.