| Category: | Business and Investing |
|---|---|
| Author: | Mark McClain |
| Publisher: | Forbes Books |
| Publication Date: | November 10, 2026 |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| ISBN-13: | 9798887508450 |
| ASIN: | B0H633ZDPJ |
For decades, organizations built digital walls; today,
attackers simply log in. In Identity Under Attack, Mark McClain argues
that identity—every contractor, employee, service account, bot, and AI agent
requesting access—has become the true perimeter of enterprise security. In twelve
chapters, he builds a solid case to show how we arrived here: from
mainframe-era user management through single sign-on and Sarbanes-Oxley
compliance to the SaaS explosion and today’s “second inflection point.” The second
inflection point is where non-human identities vastly outnumber humans and
autonomous agents act at machine speed. His guiding questions dominate the
discussion: who or what is accessing what, and is that access appropriate? He dismantles
comforting illusions: that firewalls stop intruders, that passing audits equals
safety, that security is a project with a finish line. Instead, he offers
durable principles—least privilege, continuous visibility, zero standing
privilege, and identity intelligence that lets defenders fight AI with AI.
Mark McClain communicates with authority and demonstrates a
unique gift for translation. As co-founder and CEO of SailPoint and a pioneer at
Waveset and Tivoli, he writes from a quarter-century spent building the
industry he now examines. He uses compelling metaphors—the Manhattan lobby,
Fantasia's relentless broom, the jewelry store's stockroom, race cars whose
brakes exist so they can go fast—making his insights practical and utterly accessible. Meanwhile, he explores breaches from Target's HVAC
vendor to the year-long F5 intrusion. His Horizons of Identity Security
framework, built on research with Accenture and McKinsey, gives leaders a
shared language for maturity, and each chapter's closing “Security Checkpoint” questions
turn reading into honest self-assessment. The result is a boardroom-ready field
guide rather than a technical manual; it is as much a leadership book as a
security one. At a moment when AI agents are quietly becoming the workforce, Identity
Under Attack shows executives who—or what—is already inside their systems,
and what to do about it.
Hand-picked reviews our authors and readers are loving right now
Essays, author interviews and publishing advice for curious readers and writers.
You open the book admitting you never wanted to be a leader, and when your VP promoted you, the entire onboarding was “Congratulations. Don’t fuck it up.” Twenty-plus years later, what did you actually need to hear in that conference room, and what would you say now to someone getting that same call this week?I should...
Read the article →
Expanded Awareness: A Health Psychologist's Inquiry into AI and Consciousness
Read the article →
For avid readers, being aware of these trends can enhance your reading experience, broaden your horizons, and, let’s be honest, help you sound like a literary genius at your next book club meeting.
Read the article →
This guide ranks the ten most effective marketing tools available to authors in 2027—from review services and award programs to advertising platforms and owned-audience engines—and shows you how to stack them into a single, self-reinforcing system.
Read the article →
With over two million books published every year, how do readers decide what to buy—and how do authors break through the noise? The secret lies in trust. Discover how Editorial Book Reviews, ethically leveraged paid book reviews, and prestigious Author Award C...
Read the article →
In an increasingly competitive market, editorial book reviews give independent authors the credibility, marketing assets, and retail appeal needed to succeed.
Read the article →
 Mommys_Boy_6x9.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
 (2).jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpeg)
.png)
 (1).jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
