{"id":89916,"date":"2023-08-03T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?post_type=definition&#038;p=89916"},"modified":"2023-08-03T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:28:50","slug":"privileged-access-management","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/privileged-access-management","title":{"rendered":"Privileged Access Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_is_privileged_access_management_pam\">What is Privileged Access Management (PAM)?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Privileged Access Management (PAM) is an approach to identity management designed to protect privileged user accounts against unauthorized access and misuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PAM solutions are designed to manage, monitor, and audit privileged accounts, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/1326\/domain-networking\">domain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/22441\/system-administration\">system admin<\/a>, or root accounts, that can be used to manage or configure other user accounts and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/29199\/it-infrastructure\">IT infrastructure<\/a> or have access credentials, secrets, or tokens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gartner<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, PAM platforms offer enterprises a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manageengine.com\/privileged-access-management\/analyst-opinion\/gartner-magic-quadrant-pam-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\">core capabilities<\/a>, including:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to discover privileged accounts across multiple systems;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credential management for privileged accounts;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credential vaulting and access controls for privileged accounts;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Session management and monitoring for privileged account access.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, these measures are not only designed to prevent unauthorized users from infiltrating high-value accounts but giving IT admins the visibility and control to revoke privileged access if a user misuses their credentials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"why_is_pam_important\">Why Is PAM Important?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Privileged Access Management is important because it provides a framework for enterprises to add extra layers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24747\/cybersecurity\">security<\/a> to accounts that have access to lots of high-value information, from credentials, secrets, tokens, and keys to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4046\/personally-identifiable-information-pii\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">personally identifiable information<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/5521\/intellectual-property-ip\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intellectual property<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and payment data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many ways, targeting a privileged user account is the easiest way for threat actors to gain access to sensitive data. In fact, according to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verizon<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verizon.com\/business\/resources\/T619\/reports\/2023-dbir-executive-summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">74% of all breaches involve the human element<\/a>, which includes error, privilege misuse, use of stolen credentials, or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4115\/social-engineering\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">social engineering<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this sense, privileged accounts are a vital part of the enterprise <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/33810\/attack-surface\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attack surface<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, if a user acts negligently or maliciously or inadvertently provides access to a cybercriminal, all information they can access is exposed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PAM addresses these threats by enabling IT administrators to apply the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/13676\/principle-of-least-privilege-polp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">principle of least privilege<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to user accounts, ensuring that each user only has the level of permissions (access, read, write, and execute) necessary to perform their function and nothing more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the principle of least privilege, if an unauthorized user accesses the account, the amount of information they have access to is significantly decreased, which reduces the overall impact of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/13601\/data-breach\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data breach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"benefits_of_privileged_access_management\">Benefits of Privileged Access Management<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deploying privileged access management in the enterprise provides organizations with a number of key benefits. These include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Centralized management of privileged account access;<\/li>\n<li>Automated identification, creation, and deletion of user accounts;<\/li>\n<li>Support for just-in-time access to elevate or remote privileges as needed;<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced protection against credential theft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4049\/phishing\">phishing<\/a>, and social engineering;<\/li>\n<li>Activity monitoring of privileged users;<\/li>\n<li>Creation of an audit trail of account activity;<\/li>\n<li>Instant revocation of user permissions;<\/li>\n<li>Implementation of the principle of least privilege across privileged accounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In combination, these benefits add up to hardening the identity perimeter against cybercriminals and reduce the chance of them establishing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/34772\/lateral-movement-cybersecurity-cybersecurity\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lateral movement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within an enterprise environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"pam_vs_iam\">PAM vs. IAM<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/23922\/identity-and-access-management-iam\">Identity and Access Management<\/a> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IAM<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) provides enterprises with another framework to protect user accounts against unauthorized access. At its core, IAM is about centrally managing permissions and determining the process employees use to authenticate themselves before accessing their user accounts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typically, organizations will use IAM platforms to control, identify, and authenticate users, leveraging measures such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4106\/single-sign-on-sso\">single-sign-on<\/a> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SSO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/13699\/twofactor-authentication\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two-factor authentication<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/13657\/multi-factor-authentication-mfa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multi-factor authentication<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to verify their identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IAM systems use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/23933\/role-based-access-control-rbac\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">role-based access control<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, determining what resources a user can access based on their job function.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there\u2019s some crossover between the two, the main difference between IAM and PAM is that the former is about defining steps to access the average user\u2019s account, whereas the latter is about protecting privileged accounts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this sense, IAM is used throughout the enterprise to make sure that unauthorized users cannot log in to IT resources without passing through a predefined authentication process, and then PAM is used to enhance the security of a small subsection of high-value accounts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, an administrator can monitor privileged account access and immediately identify malicious or anomalous actions, such as a user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/14682\/data-exfiltration\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exfiltrating<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or deleting data, and revoke access if there\u2019s anything problematic going on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important to note that IAM and PAM are mutually complementary and can be applied together to protect all identities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"a_zero-trust_essential\">A Zero-Trust Essential<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In today\u2019s world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/decentralization\">decentralized<\/a> networks, user accounts and identities are key targets for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/27435\/cybercriminal\">cybercriminals<\/a>. With social engineering and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">phishing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> attacks making it easier for threat actors to harvest login credentials, organizations need to be prepared to react in case an attacker gains access to a privileged account.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Privileged Access Management offers enterprises a tool they can use to harden high-value accounts against these types of threats and make it easier to accelerate their zero-trust journeys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Privileged Access Management (PAM)?\u00a0 Privileged Access Management (PAM) is an approach to identity management designed to protect privileged user accounts against unauthorized access and misuse.\u00a0 PAM solutions are designed to manage, monitor, and audit privileged accounts, such as domain, system admin, or root accounts, that can be used to manage or configure other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":286576,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"definitioncat":[218,262],"class_list":["post-89916","definition","type-definition","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","definitioncat-cybersecurity","definitioncat-identity-access-governance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v24.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Is Privileged Access Management (PAM)? 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