Original release date: December 17, 2020The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a cybersecurity advisory on detecting abuse of authentication mechanisms. This advisory describes tactics, techniques, and procedures used by malicious cyber actors to access protected data in the cloud and provides guidance on defending against and detecting such activity.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the NSA cybersecurity advisory and CISA Activity Alert AA20-352A and take the appropriate mitigation actions.

This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.Original release date: December 17, 2020

The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a cybersecurity advisory on detecting abuse of authentication mechanisms. This advisory describes tactics, techniques, and procedures used by malicious cyber actors to access protected data in the cloud and provides guidance on defending against and detecting such activity.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the NSA cybersecurity advisory and CISA Activity Alert AA20-352A and take the appropriate mitigation actions.