How does Privileged Access Management (PAM) work?

Privileged access management (PAM) systems manage the relationship between individual users, and the ability to access privileged data or commands.

In essence, privileged access management systems:

• Ensure that only the users who need to access a certain set of privileges will access the system.

• Ensure that privileged access is used only when needed.

• Ensure that privileged access is centrally managed and can be granted and revoked quickly.

• Ensure that an audit trail exists for every privileged access that takes place.