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MITRE ATT&CK® Dictionary

What is credential access in MITRE ATT&CK®?

Credential Access is an ATT&CK tactic focused on stealing account names, passwords, tokens, keys, or other secrets. It is central to many intrusions because valid credentials can bypass perimeter assumptions.

40-second answer

Credential Access is an ATT&CK tactic focused on stealing account names, passwords, tokens, keys, or other secrets. It is central to many intrusions because valid credentials can bypass perimeter assumptions.

Glexia analyst context

How this term helps security teams

Glexia reviews credential access through identity telemetry, privileged access management, endpoint controls, and detection of abnormal authentication patterns.

Common use cases

Where practitioners use this concept

  • Identity threat detection
  • PAM assessment
  • Incident response
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