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Why Effective Access Is the Metric That Makes Least Privilege Work

While nearly every cloud team agrees on the principle of least privilege, very few actually reach it. In our latest piece, Act Security CEO Jonathan Langer breaks down why over-permissioning happens - not because engineers are careless, but because complex cloud logic makes predicting impact nearly impossible. We explore why measuring "effective access" is the missing key to shifting policy management from guesswork to testable engineering, especially as autonomous AI agents enter the environment.

October 12, 2026