Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Privileged Access Management protects the "crown jewels" of an organization: domain admins, root accounts, cloud root users, database superusers, network device credentials, and service accounts. A PAM platform typically combines a credential vault (passwords, SSH keys, API tokens), session brokering through a bastion, just-in-time elevation, session recording with keystroke logging, and detailed audit. Tight integration with MFA, RBAC, and SIEM/SOAR enables anomaly detection and policy enforcement. PAM is a foundational control in zero-trust roadmaps, in PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and in cyber-insurance underwriting, and it dramatically reduces blast radius from credential theft and insider misuse.