Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Control, record and limit the administrator, service and vendor accounts that attackers want most.
- NIST CSF 2.0 functions
- Protect
- Relevant for
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- Banking and financial services
- Telecommunications
- Government and public sector
- Oil and gas
Overview
When attackers break in, they look for privileged accounts: the ones that can change systems, read all the data and switch off defenses. Passwords that never change, shared administrator accounts and unmonitored vendor access make that easy.
Privileged access management puts those accounts under control. We help you find them, vault and rotate their credentials, give administrators access only when they need it and record what they do, so one stolen password no longer means a full compromise.
What you get
- Administrator, service and vendor credentials stored in a vault, not in spreadsheets or scripts
- Privileged access granted when needed, for as long as needed, then removed
- Every privileged session attributable to a named person and recorded
- Evidence for auditors on who accessed critical systems, when and why
What we cover
- Discovery of privileged, service and shared accounts across servers, network devices, databases and cloud
- Password vaulting, rotation and check-out workflows
- Just-in-time and least-privilege access for administrators
- Session isolation, monitoring and recording for critical systems
- Secure third-party and vendor access
- Secrets management for applications and automation
Leading platforms
Established platforms in this category. We help you compare them against your requirements.
- Microsoft
- CyberArk
- BeyondTrust
- Delinea
- One Identity
- WALLIX
- ManageEngine
How we work
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Discover
We find privileged and service accounts, shared passwords and the paths administrators use to reach critical systems.
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Design
We design the vault, access model, approval workflows and recovery procedures, and choose the platform with you.
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Onboard in waves
We bring in the most critical systems first, and rotate their credentials as we go.
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Enforce
We close the side doors: direct administrator logins, shared accounts and unmanaged vendor access.
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Hand over
We document procedures, set up review reports and train administrators and the security team.
Deliverables
- Privileged account inventory
- PAM architecture and access model
- Deployed PAM platform with critical systems onboarded
- Break-glass and recovery procedures
- Administrator training and review reports
Questions buyers ask
Will PAM slow our administrators down?
Done well, it removes friction: no hunting for passwords, and approvals are fast for routine work. We start with the highest-risk systems and agree the workflow with your administrators before enforcing it.
What about emergencies when the PAM platform is unavailable?
We design break-glass procedures and a highly available deployment, test them with you and keep them auditable.
Related offerings
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Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Identity and access management with single sign-on, so the right people reach the right systems and access is granted and removed through a clear process.
NIST CSF function: Protect -
Encryption
Encryption for data at rest and in transit, designed so that a stolen disk, database copy or network capture is of no use to an attacker.
NIST CSF function: Protect -
EDR / XDR
Detection and response across endpoints, identities, email and cloud in one platform, designed, deployed and tuned for your environment.
NIST CSF function: Detect NIST CSF function: Respond