The Back Door Attackers Know About — and Most Security Teams Still Haven’t Closed

Organizations struggle with OAuth security as persistent tokens from employee-connected AI tools and integrations lack expiration dates and centralized monitoring.

• •OAuth grants don't expire when employees leave and exist in most organizations without active monitoring or visibility
• •80% of security leaders recognize unmanaged OAuth grants as critical risk, yet 45% do nothing to monitor them and 33% use only manual processes
• •The Drift incident demonstrated legitimate apps whose credentials are stolen become active attack vectors bypassing MFA and perimeter controls
• •Current security tools evaluate app permissions only at installation, missing compromised credentials weaponized later
• •Effective monitoring requires continuous behavioral analysis of API calls, blast radius assessment of account access levels, and graduated response mechanisms