A cybersecurity strategy comprising people, processes and technology to control, monitor, secure and audit all human and non-human privileged identities and activities across an enterprise IT environment.
PAM solutions help organizations implement the principle of least privilege by ensuring users only have the minimum access rights needed to perform their job functions. This includes managing administrator accounts, service accounts, and other high-privilege identities that could cause significant damage if compromised.
A security principle that provides users with the minimum levels of access or permissions needed to perform their job functions.
A user account that has been granted administrative privileges to access systems, applications, or data beyond what is available to standard users.