Avocado Consulting announces an expanded collaboration with identity security leader CyberArk across Australia and New Zealand, aimed at securing enterprise secrets - credentials stored in application code and across the software supply chain – for organisations that are rapidly digitally transforming and addressing the increasing risks posed by unsecured non-human identities.

Avocado is CyberArk’s first fully certified ANZ-based partner for CyberArk Secrets Management, a component of the CyberArk Identity Security Platform.

Tony Rabottini, General Manager Cyber Security, Avocado, said this important achievement has grown their software engineering and cyber risk mitigation expertise, helping to protect and manage their clients most valuable assets.

He further said that the additional offering will significantly support their clients as they continue to digitise and adopt cloud technology and the volume of human and non-human identities.

“With cloud adoption accelerating, more organisations are turning to cloud-based solutions like microservices, containerisation and serverless to drive their transformation at scale and speed,” said Tony Rabottini. “This has created an explosion of digital identities and emerging identity types which aren’t necessarily captured in those more traditional approaches.”

“With non-human identities outweighing human ones by a ratio of 45 to one, cybersecurity risk isn’t adequately addressed until non-human or machine identities are secured,” he said.

CyberArk is excited to collaborate with Avocado as our first fully-certified ANZ-based Secrets Management partner,” said Dr. Stephenie Andal, Partner Manager ANZ at CyberArk, “Serious breaches that compromise non-human identity access are on the rise. Organisations must prioritise adjusting to an IT landscape that demands both security and speed.”

“Highly impactful cybersecurity events are often made possible by improper practices in DevOps, such as vault sprawl, poor rotation and secrets in code. CyberArk research shows that a staggering 70% of organisations keep more than 50 secrets within their Git repositories. Mismanaged, this brings unprecedented risks that becomes a ticking time bomb for organisations,” she added.

CyberArk’s centralised secrets management solution is tailored specifically to the unique infrastructure requirements of cloud native, container and DevOps environments and their non-human identities.

It helps developers and security organisations secure, rotate, audit and manage secrets and other credentials used by dynamic applications, automation scripts and other non-human identities.

Dr. Andal further commented: “We foresee CyberArk Secrets Management becoming an integral part of both security and development teams’ processes for complex organisations undergoing rapid digital transformation. Avocado’s application expertise in creating adaptive policies and tools for expanding enterprises coupled with their experience in elevating risk discussions to the Board level will be critical to effectively future-proof organisations against these challenges.”

Dr. Stephenie Andal and Tony Rabottini

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About Avocado Consulting

Avocado Consulting helps clients deliver their complex IT and systems related change with certainty.

Established in 2004, avocado has evolved as a leading end-to-end technology services company - now providing services within four practices:

Partner solutions
Managed Services
Cyber Security
Project Services

Avocado has over 150 consultants with offices in Sydney and Melbourne and presence in Brisbane. Our clients include some of the largest government agencies and top ASX listed companies in Australia.

Avocado Becomes First Fully Certified CyberArk ‘Secrets’ Partner in ANZ Highlighting the Criticality of Securing Non-Human Identities in a Rapidly Changing Environment