From the course: Complete Guide to Identity and Access Management for Network Engineers
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Key concepts in privileged access management
From the course: Complete Guide to Identity and Access Management for Network Engineers
Key concepts in privileged access management
In this video, we'll delve into the key concepts of Privileged Access Management. Learning about PAM is essential for effectively managing and securing privileged user access within your organization. PAM solutions enable security teams to identify and take immediate action against malicious activities resulting from privilege abuse. A PAM solution can help ensure that employees have only the necessary levels of access required to do their jobs. In addition to identifying malicious activities linked to privilege abuse, a Privileged Access Management solution can help your organization in multiple ways. Firstly, minimize the potential for a security breach and limit its reach within the system if it does occur. Second, reduce entrances and pathways for threat actors by limiting privileges for people, processes, and applications to protect against internal and external threats. Third, prevent malware attacks by removing excessive privileges that can aid in malware spread. And lastly…
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