The recent Treasury Department breach highlights the persistent risks organizations face with identity security and access governance, emphasizing the need for automated, continuous monitoring and granular, permission-level access management to prevent similar breaches. The breach was caused by misconfigurations and gaps in access controls, underscoring the importance of modern identity platforms that provide real-time visibility, automated risk detection, and dynamic governance processes. Organizations must adapt to an increasingly complex digital landscape by closing the gap between role-based access control and granular permission-level understanding, implementing continuous monitoring and automated anomaly detection, and enforcing just-in-time and expiring access policies.