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Privileged Access Management (PAM) - Securely Managing and Controlling Privileged Access

Protect your most critical IT vulnerabilities and bring administrative privileges under control — with an intelligent PAM solution for maximum security and comprehensive compliance.

Control and Secure Privileged Access

Administrators, technical users, and other privileged accounts have extensive access rights. If these accounts are compromised or misused, the consequences can be significant.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) provides control over privileged identities and access. The goal is to limit administrative privileges to what is necessary, make access traceable, and better protect particularly critical accounts.

91 %

of surveyed organizations state that at least half of their privileged access remains permanently active.

22 %

of security breaches begin with compromised credentials.

What Does PAM Do?

PAM solutions support organizations with, among other things:

Managing privileged accounts
Securing administrative access
Granting time-limited permissions
Controlling privileged sessions
Logging administrative activities
Enforcing the Least-Privilege principle
Securing technical and administrative access

This makes PAM an important component of a comprehensive security and IAM strategy.

Challenges in Practice

In many organizations, privileged accounts exist for administrators, applications, databases, network components, or cloud services. These accounts are often used for years, shared between users, or managed manually. This creates security risks and additional administrative effort. At the same time, requirements for traceability, compliance, and the protection of sensitive systems continue to increase.

Typical challenges include:

Shared administrator accounts
Lack of transparency around privileged access
Manual password management
Lack of logging of administrative activities
Permanently assigned administrator rights
Increasing compliance requirements

What We Can Do for You

Every IT environment has different requirements for managing privileged accounts. That is why OEDIV SecuSys supports organizations from analyzing existing structures through to implementing a suitable PAM solution.

Analysis of privileged accounts and permissions
Implementation and integration of PAM solutions
Establishment of secure password vaults
Implementation of the Least-Privilege principle
Introduction of Just-in-Time and Just-Enough-Access concepts
Securing administrative access with Multi-Factor Authentication
Integration with existing IAM and directory services
Support with audit and compliance requirements

Making Privileged
Access Traceable

PAM provides transparency into who accesses which critical systems and when.

This traceability is an important component of information security and compliance, particularly for administrative access. OEDIV SecuSys supports organizations from analyzing existing access structures through conceptual design, implementation, and ongoing management.

Benefits of PAM

Centrally managed Privileged Access Management reduces security risks and creates transparency around privileged access.

Centralized management of privileged accounts
Secure storage of administrative credentials
Complete traceability of privileged sessions

Reduced attack surface through Least Privilege
Support for regulatory requirements
Integration into existing IAM and security architectures

PAM with OEDIV SecuSys

OEDIV SecuSys supports organizations in planning and implementing Privileged Access Management and in further developing existing PAM structures. We look not only at individual privileged accounts, but also at how they interact with identities, applications, infrastructure, and existing security processes. Our vendor-independent approach enables us to first analyze the existing environment and then develop an appropriate PAM strategy. Depending on the starting point, a phased implementation may be appropriate.

FAQ

Frequently Asked
Questions

Here you will find answers to the most important questions

about our services and solutions.

What Is Privileged Access Management (PAM)?

Privileged Access Management (PAM) comprises processes and tools for protecting, controlling, and monitoring accounts with elevated privileges. Key functions include a password vault with automatic password rotation, just-in-time access, session recording, multi-factor authentication, and enforcement of least privilege. The goal is to ensure that no one has permanent privileged access and that every administrative action can be attributed to an individual.

What Is a Privileged Account?

A privileged account has permissions that go beyond those of a standard user: domain and local administrator accounts, root accounts on Linux systems, database administrators, cloud roles with full access, application service accounts, and emergency accounts. This also includes accounts used by external service providers for remote access and, increasingly, AI agents that access systems on behalf of users or applications. These two groups are among those most frequently overlooked during audits, which is why we begin every PAM project by identifying these accounts specifically.

What Does Zero Standing Privileges Mean?

Zero Standing Privileges means that no account has permanent administrative privileges. Access rights are granted only when needed. An administrator requests access for a specific task and, once approved or authorized by policy, receives it for a limited period. The privileges are then automatically revoked. A compromised account is therefore worthless outside the authorized time window. This model is the target state of modern PAM architectures and is increasingly expected by auditors under NIS2 and DORA. We introduce it incrementally, starting with the most critical systems.

What Is the Least-Privilege Principle?

The Least-Privilege principle means that users, applications, and systems receive only the permissions they need for their current task, and only for as long as they need them. In practice, this means using separate accounts for everyday work and administration, granting time-limited rather than permanent privileges, regularly reviewing permissions, and eliminating local administrator rights on endpoints.

Which Systems Does PAM Secure?

Windows and Linux servers, Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, databases, network components and firewalls, virtualization platforms, cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, cloud application administration consoles, production environments, and applications with their own administrator roles. Remote access for external service providers is routed through the PAM solution instead of shared VPN accounts. We prioritize systems based on criticality and start where a compromised account could cause the greatest damage.

PAM or IGA: What Do We Need?

Both, but with different roles. Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) manages regular access rights throughout an identity’s lifecycle and ensures they are regularly reviewed. Privileged Access Management (PAM) secures the use of privileged accounts through password vaulting, password rotation, session recording, and time-limited access. In a well-designed architecture, IGA determines who is allowed to receive privileged roles in the first place, while PAM controls how those privileges are used in each individual case. We integrate both systems so that an employee leaving the organization also has all privileged access revoked.

How Long Does a PAM Implementation Take?

This depends on your objectives, processes, and the number of systems to be protected. The initial security benefits can be achieved more quickly than with an IGA implementation: password vaulting and automatic password rotation for domain administrators and the most critical servers can be implemented first. Full coverage of all server groups, databases, cloud consoles, and external service providers then follows in waves based on criticality. We plan these waves so that administrators can continue working at all times, and define the implementation timeline together with you during the assessment.