From Permissions Sprawl to Zero Trust: A Practical Roadmap for Mid-Market IT Teams

Friday 18^th September 2026 - 2PM EDT

30 minutes

Presented by Philip Robinson, Chief Marketing Officer @ Lepide

Permissions sprawl is one of the most common and overlooked security challenges facing organizations today. Years of group nesting, inherited permissions, employee turnover, and ad hoc access requests can leave IT teams with little visibility into who has access to sensitive data and whether that access is still appropriate. The result is increased risk, compliance challenges, and a much larger attack surface than most organizations realize. In this webinar, we'll explore how permissions sprawl develops across Active Directory, file servers, and Microsoft 365, and provide a practical roadmap for implementing least privilege and Zero Trust principles without disrupting business operations.

What You'll Learn

• What permissions sprawl is and why it continues to grow over time
• How excessive access creates security, compliance, and operational risks
• Techniques for identifying users, groups, and accounts with unnecessary permissions
• How to uncover access to sensitive and business-critical data
• Practical steps for implementing least privilege across hybrid environments
• How to continuously monitor and manage permissions at scale
• Strategies for reducing risk without impacting user productivity
• Live demonstrations of how Lepide helps organizations identify, manage, and remediate permissions-related risk

Whether you're beginning a Zero Trust initiative, preparing for compliance requirements, or simply trying to regain control of access to sensitive data, this session will provide practical guidance to help you reduce permissions-related risk, strengthen security, and build a more resilient identity and data security strategy.