Gartner highlights the importance of Privileged Access Management in its 2020 Market Guide for Privileged Access Management. By introducing a multi-faceted approach towards security and identity management within an organization, PAM provides a much needed layer of security. PAM ensures the accounts, credentials, and secrets of the privileged users (such as admins or security officers) within an organization are secure.
The primary purpose of PAM is to reduce the risk of a data breach by providing strong authentication, authorization and access controls for privileged accounts. With PAM, organizations have the ability to control who has access to the organization’s systems, networks, and applications, and can monitor what specific users are doing within these systems. Properly implemented PAM will allow administrators to quickly detect security events and immediately take action.
PAM also provides organizations with enhanced visibility into the activities of their privileged users. By creating detailed audit trails of user activities, organizations can track and monitor all activities related to the privileged accounts and be prepared to defend against any suspicious behavior that has taken place.
PAM also helps organization to better comply with various regulations, such as GDPR or HIPAA. Compliance with these regulations requires organizations to maintain control over their data and how it is accessed. With PAM, organizations can demonstrate compliance with these regulations by providing a verifiable, audit-able record of every single user’s actions with respect to data.
In short, the potential benefits of Privileged Access Management are clear, and it’s up to organizations to wisely choose a solution that meets their specific needs. By leveraging PAM to secure and audit privileged accounts, organizations can reduce the risk of a data breach, better track user activities, and improve compliance.
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