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Privileged Access Management
What is Privileged Access Management?
When you go to a hotel, your key only works for your room. The cleaners, though, have a master key for all the rooms. This is like a privileged account. If the hotel master key ends up in the wrong hands, all the rooms are at risk.
If your privileged accounts aren’t protected, your business is at risk of breach. Privileged Access Management (PAM) protects critical data by securing, controlling, and monitoring elevated accounts.
80 %
of data breaches were achieved by cybercriminals predicting or stealing passwords classed as ‘weak’ (Verizon)
61 %
of all data breaches had elements of social engineering or brute force attacks through tampering credentials (Verizon)
45 %
of remote workers re-use passwords across their accounts, increasing the security risk massively (Expertinsights)
What are the benefits of Privileged Access Management?
41% of organisations do not use Privileged Access Management (PAM) at all, but privileged access is responsible for many breaches that could cause irreparable damage to your organisation.
What are the features of a PAM solution?
Store and protect privileged credentials
This is captured within a password vault
Visibility of privileged account activity
Session monitoring and analytics provide visibility over privileged accounts and detail for further examination
Information for audit and compliance
Reporting features provide information for audit and compliance
Approval workflows
Established with rule or role-based policies so that users are only granted the access they need for the time they need it
Multi-factor authentication
Single sign-on with multi-factor authentication for privileged access to ensure everything is behind multiple layers of security
Continuous monitoring and automated security gives peace of mind
41% of organisations do not use Privileged Access Management (PAM) at all.
Without a PAM solution in place, many organisations discover that privileged access was responsible for a breach that causes irreparable damage.
Instead, with a PAM solution in place, you can have peace of mind knowing the elevated accounts in your IT system are continuously monitored. When anomalous activity is detected, automated security responses can be triggered to immediately prevent damage.
How do PAM, Identity Governance and Access Management work together?
Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) and Access Management (AM) are not sufficient to manage privileged accounts. Administrative privileges host a wealth of risks for business operations. Implementing PAM to automatically manage and secure privileged credentials is critical to mitigate security risks.
Intragen are equipped with the specialist team and tools to assist you across the entire Identity Access Management portfolio.
Accountability for privileged activity
When privileged actions are exploited without visibility or record, IT leaders are unable to ensure their elevated accounts are secure.
PAM provides the ability to establish individual accountability for the performance of privileged actions. With session monitoring and behaviour analytics, you can ensure the data these accounts have access to is protected.
Privileged Access Management example
An IT admin, Joe, sets out to delete thousands of files to intentionally damage the business. Without real-time monitoring of privileged activity, Joe could cause irreparable damage to the organisation. By recording behaviour when users are performing privileged actions, you can put corrective measures in place. Joe could be stopped by an automatic account lock when unusual activity is detected.
Using triggers, certain automated emergency actions can be carried out without requiring a manager’s response, which could delay corrective action. Session monitoring can be misunderstood by employees who are not familiar with Privileged Access Management. It's important to educate the team, instilling the idea that security measures provide protection. Rather than assigning blame, PAM is there to mitigate the risk of a security incident. Everyone can make mistakes, which can be addressed in training and educating the whole workforce.
The principle of least privilege
An identity in your IT system should only have the minimum access rights they need for the specific task they need them for. Just-In-Time (JIT) is a methodology that grants elevated access to an application or system in real-time for a specified period. In this way, users only gain access when strictly necessary, as opposed to having standing access without limitations. When multiple users have long-term access to privileged accounts, this violates the principle of least privilege when access is not always needed for their day-to-day role.
Approval workflows are established with rule and role-based policies so that there are no long-term privileged users or standing privileges for both humans and systems. This means users are only granted the access they need for the time they need it and are immediately removed again.
How can Intragen help you?
Privileged Access Management solutions can be integrated with all aspects of your IT landscape, including Internet of Things and Operational Technology. There are several vendor solutions on the market with varying features and complexity.
To help you decide on the best solution for your organisation, Intragen has a team of PAM experts who can advise on the most appropriate solution. Intragen also offer a full end-to-end service to implement the solution and upskill your inhouse team too.
Assess your organisation’s current state and determine the most appropriate PAM solution with a Maturity Assessment from the Intragen team. We will provide you with recommendations on the steps to take to evolve your IAM strategy into a robust and secure solution.
We are one of Europe’s largest IAM teams, made up of specialists across all facets of Identity and Access Management. There is no Partner better equipped to assist you.