The 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) highlights the growing threat of credential abuse as the primary battleground in cybersecurity. Infostealer malware is fueling this surge, with 23 million compromised devices and 2.1 billion passwords leaked in 2024 alone. The report shows that infostealers are being used to steal credentials, which are then sold on the black market or used laterally post-intrusion. This has significant implications for security teams, who need to detect compromised credentials in real-time, monitor access across SaaS and cloud services, enforce least privilege, and integrate access insights into incident response and risk scoring. The report emphasizes that identity is now the new perimeter, and attackers are no longer breaking in but logging in. As a result, security teams must take identity seriously and arm themselves with insight, strategy, and execution to protect against this growing threat.