Security regulations across industries and geographies require Privileged Access Management

Compliance frameworks require accountability through authentication and control of access. Security compliance audits are a stressful, time-consuming effort for many companies. PAM software can streamline the process by automatically verifying privileged identities, limiting access to sensitive information, and curtailing an attacker’s ability to circulate throughout your IT environment.

Plus, PAM solutions create an immutable audit trial to demonstrate that required controls are in place and effective.

Effective privilege management helps you pass compliance audits and reduce your cyber risk.

Enterprise password management

Compliance mandates require that all passwords be complex, changed regularly, and stored in a secure way. If privileged users are expected to manage passwords manually to meet security compliance requirements, they often fail to meet requirements.

To pass an audit, you must implement and enforce granular limitations on access privileges for systems and data. Unknown, unmanaged, and unprotected Privileged Accounts violate compliance mandates.

PAM automates password management for enterprise-wide compliance with corporate and regulatory mandates.

Protection for workstations

Compliance for compliance sake is not the goal. The real goal is effective security against rising cyber threats. Compliance mandates recognize the need to secure user workstations, as these are often a prime entry point for cyber attacks.

With PAM you can deploy endpoint protection for workstations that includes management of local privileged accounts and applications, just-in-time, just-enough privilege elevation, and detailed auditing of privileged activities.

Identity and access management for servers

Compliance frameworks highlight identity security, multi-factor authentication, and granular, least privilege access as essential cybersecurity controls.
They expect to see privileged accounts associated with individual users, rather than shared.

Audit logs and session recordings to demonstrate compliance

Data gathering can often form a large portion of the audit process. By monitoring and recording privileged sessions with enterprise PAM, you can capture events and ensure there are no visibility gaps. Automated, centralized reporting saves you time pulling together documentation to show auditors.

Secret Server helps you meet regulatory requirements and demonstrate compliance to satisfy internal and external auditors. Out-of-the-box and custom reporting features save time and make executive reviews and audits painless.

Dynamically rotate passwords for privileged accounts

Rotating passwords regularly and on-demand can help identify potential privileged account abuse by luring attackers into revealing themselves. Rotate passwords whenever possible for non-human privileged accounts and shared privileged accounts, especially after they have been used or disclosed.

Automation of password rotation creates a proven, repeatable process that can be applied consistently so security requirements aren’t forgotten.  Advanced  PAM solutions are constantly on guard. They continuously check for issues and, troubleshoot them right away.