Extend privileged access management to non-human identities
Privileged access management has traditionally focused largely on a familiar problem: administrators with powerful accounts. That problem has not gone away. But today people are only part of the privileged-access picture.
Applications connect to databases. Windows services run under elevated accounts. Scripts perform administrative tasks. Automated processes exchange credentials with other systems. Cloud services and infrastructure depend on keys and secrets that may provide extensive access without a human ever typing a password.
Each of those non-human identities, and the credentials they rely on, can create a privileged access path. Non-human identity security extends beyond PAM, but privileged machine access is an important part of the problem. A modern PAM strategy therefore needs to address not only administrators, but also the service accounts, applications, and automated processes that rely on privileged credentials. OpenText™ NetIQ™ Privileged Access Manager (NetIQ PAM) helps bring those access paths under centralized control.
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