# Inside the Modern SOC: The Identity Front Door

DevFeed: [Inside the Modern SOC: The Identity Front Door](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/inside-the-modern-soc-the-identity-front-door-7759.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/soc-identity-front-door/>)

Author: Sharon Maydar

Published: 2026-08-07T23:00:01Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Unit 42](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/unit-42.md>)

Topics: [Incident response](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident-response.md>), [MFA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mfa.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attacks.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [credential-theft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/credential-theft.md>), [identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity.md>), [incident-response](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-response.md>), [inside-the-modern-soc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inside-the-modern-soc.md>), [insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/insights.md>), [mfa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mfa.md>), [phishing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phishing.md>), [soc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/soc.md>), [social-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-engineering.md>), [unit-42-incident-response-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unit-42-incident-response-report.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines identity-based initial access, including credential theft, MFA manipulation, session hijacking, phishing, and social engineering. It describes how attackers expand access through persistence, privilege escalation, and lateral movement, challenging SOC teams to correlate signals across environments.

## Source excerpt

Identity-based attacks drive 90% of incidents. Learn how modern attackers exploit identities and what SOC leaders can do to respond. The post Inside the Modern SOC: The Identity Front Door appeared first on Unit 42.