When should an organization conduct a review of the privileged access that a user has to sensitive systems?
When a user leaves the company
When roles change on a regular and recurring basis
What is Privileged Access Management (PAM)?
Privileged Access Management (PAM) is an information security (infosec) method that protects identities with privileged access or abilities above and beyond those of regular users.
PAM operates using a mix of people, processes, and technology, just like any other infosec solutions.
Because they constitute a risk to the technological environment, privileged accounts are handled with special caution.
The systems and private information of the organisation may be compromised.
Threat actors breaking into privileged access accounts lead to data breaches.
In a technological context, these accounts are the keys that open all the doors, thus we need to add more layers of security.