CISO's guide to privileged identity management | TechTarget

Organizations are leaning into zero trust, a framework that assumes no entity can access a specific asset until they have been verified, validated and authorized. This approach makes privileged identity management, or PIM, an increasingly important resource.

PIM supplants permanent access rights with provisional, sanctioned and audited access. This granular control gives the user or device access to precisely what they need to complete a task -- no more, no less.

This is important because credential theft or misuse was the root cause in 32% of breaches, according to IBM's "X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2026." Threat actors rely on penetrating a system and then traversing multiple attack vectors to exploit vulnerabilities on other systems. This lateral movement was found in 87% of all breaches, Palo Alto Networks reported in its "Global Incidents Response Report 2026." Lateral movement attacks use stolen credentials and administrative tools, such as remote desktop protocol...

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