What Is Privileged Account Management?

Privileged accounts, such as those held by system administrators, application owners, and IT personnel, provide elevated access to critical systems, applications and data. While these accounts are essential for operational efficiency, they also represent a significant security risk if mismanaged.

Privileged Account Management (PAM) involves the secure control, monitoring, and auditing of privileged credentials and access. Without it, organizations face unique challenges in managing privileged accounts due to their scale, complexity, regulatory requirements and risk, including:

• Security Breaches: Compromised privileged accounts can grant attackers unrestricted access to critical systems./li>
• Compliance Violations: Industry regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS demand stringent controls on access to sensitive data.
• Operational Disruptions: Unauthorized or accidental changes by privileged users can disrupt critical business operations.

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How Passwordstate Simplifies PAM for Enterprises

Passwordstate is a trusted, enterprise-grade solution designed to address the complexities of managing privileged accounts. Our platform delivers a robust set of features tailored to meet the needs of large organizations:

• Centralized Credential Management: Store, manage, and access privileged credentials securely from a central location with advanced encryption.
• Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC): Assign granular permissions to ensure only authorized users have access to specific accounts or systems.
• Comprehensive Auditing and Reporting: Gain full visibility into who accessed what, when, and why with detailed audit trails and compliance-ready reports.
• Session Management and Recording: Monitor and record privileged session activities to detect anomalies and prevent misuse.
• Integration with Enterprise Tools: Integrate Passwordstate with your existing Syslog or SIEM systems for advanced event correlation.

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Extensible Approach to Meet Your Needs

Modern enterprises require flexibility to adapt their PAM solutions to evolving requirements. Passwordstate is designed with extensibility in mind, using secure PowerShell scripts, Customizable Policies, Validation and Breach Detection enabling your organization to:

• Automated Workflows: For account discovery, password rotation, and validation to align with your specific business needs.
• Customizable Policies: Define and enforce complex password requirements, such as length, character types, and exclusions, based on your security standards.
• Real-Time Validation: Identify weak or compromised passwords in real time and require immediate remediation to mitigate risks.
• Proactive Breach Detection: Cross-reference stored passwords with known breach databases to prevent the use of vulnerable credentials.
• Automated Rotation: Enforce regular password rotation based on policy, ensuring your privileged accounts remain secure and compliant with industry regulations.
• API Integration: Leverage a comprehensive API to integrate Passwordstate with your enterprise applications, streamlining operations and ensuring seamless interoperability.

With Passwordstate, your PAM solution grows with your business, ensuring long-term value, and adaptability while maintaining the integrity of their privileged accounts.

The following table summarizes the Password Resets, Account Validation and Account Discoveries available,

Password Reset	Account Validation	Account Discovery
Active Directory	Active Directory	Windows Hosts
Windows Accounts	Windows Accounts	Local Administrator Accounts on Servers/Workstations
Windows Scheduled Tasks	Cisco Routers and Switches	Windows Services, IIS App. Pools and Schedule Tasks
Windows Services	Linux Accounts	Cisco IOS Accounts
IIS Application Pools	Microsoft SQL Accounts	HP H3C Accounts
Cisco Routers and Switches	MySQL Accounts	Juniper Junos Accounts
Linux Accounts (including root)	Oracle Accounts	Linux and Mac Accounts
Microsoft SQL Accounts	MariaDB Accounts	MS SQL Database Accounts
MySQL Accounts	PostgreSQL Accounts	MySQL Database Accounts
Office 365/Azure AD Accounts	HP iLO out of band management cards	Oracle Database Accounts
Oracle Accounts	HP H3C switches and routers	MariaDB Accounts
MariaDB Accounts	RHP Procurve switches and routers	PostgreSQL Accounts
Palo Alto Firewall Accounts	HP iLO out of band management cards	Fortigate Firewall Accounts
PostgreSQL Accounts	F5 BIG-IP Load Balancers	SonicWALL Firewall Accounts
COM+ Components	IBM's IMM out of band management cards
HP iLO out of band management cards	Dell's iDRAC out of band management cards
HP H3C switches and routers	VMWare ESX Accounts
HP Procurve switches and routers	Juniper Junos devices
F5 BIG-IP Load Balancers	Juniper ScreenOS Firewall Accounts
IBM's IMM out of band management cards	Fortigate Firewall Accounts
Dell's iDRAC out of band management cards	SonicWALL Firewall Accounts
VMWare ESX Accounts
Juniper Junos devices
Juniper ScreenOS firewalls Accounts
Fortigate Firewall Accounts
SonicWALL Firewall Accounts
Templated SSH Scripts - you specify the commands to be passed to the template

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Choose Passwordstate for Enterprise-Grade PAM

When it comes to protecting privileged accounts, enterprises cannot afford to compromise. With Passwordstate, your organization gains a scalable, secure, and fully-featured PAM solution that empowers you to stay ahead of evolving security threats and compliance requirements.