Privileged Access (PAM) Monitoring privileged users or Privileged Access Management (PAM). A privileged user is a user that has special rights to access critical resources in the information system and to undertake an action on those critical resources. This often includes “administrative rights” that are assigned to internal employees or external service providers, which use them in order to remotely work on the information system, for example, to carry out maintenance or migration operations, among others.For many organizations, privileged access to their information system has long been an Achilles’ heel. It can be difficult for an IT manager to control who is doing what on the information system, and to ensure the complete security of the privileged accounts held by internal employees, partners, or suppliers. Thus, solutions for monitoring privileged users – also referred to as Privileged Access Management (PAMPrivileged Access Management. PAM is a technology for managing access and authentication of authorized users, usually information system administrators, to administrative resources or applications. The main objective is to secure… More) – make it possible to guarantee the security of these privileged accesses in real time : Password vault Password leakage protection to reduce the risk of non-identified connections. Recording sessions Recording of privileged users’ sessions and viewing these sessions in video format Real-time detection Real-time detection of abnormal or suspicious behavior Programming protective actions Automating protective actions that allow for malicious users to be stopped Traceability of actions taken Traceability of privileged users’ actions in order to be able to identify both the actions carried out and the person responsible for them Containing cyber threats Intrusion detection as soon as suspicious behavior is identified, and not when the damage has eventually been noticed Discover Systancia Cleanroom, a Privileged Access Management solution Want to know more about securing all remote access and monitoring privileged users? Our success stories Contact us
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