Why the Middle East Is Moving Beyond PAM to JIT Access?
- August 7, 2026
- By Ramakrishna G
- Data Security, Ransomware attacks
A vault only protects what’s locked inside it. The moment a credential is checked out, the vault’s job is done and everything that happens with that access afterward is somebody else’s problem.
This in essence, is the fundamental limitation that have been observed across Privileged Access Management (PAM) deployments throughout the GCC. Organizations across Saudi Arabia and the UAE including some of the largest energy and financial institutions in the region have invested heavily in PAM over the past several years. Passwords are vaulted, sessions are recorded, rotation policies are enforced. On paper, privileged access looks managed. In practice, a wave of lateral movement attacks and insider threat incidents via 2025 and into 2026 has exposed a gap that PAM alone was never designed to close: standing privilege.
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