Torsion enabling Privileged Access Management (PAM)

What is privileged access management (PAM) and why is it important?

Privileged Access Management (PAM) is the combination of tools and technology used to secure, control and monitor access to an organisation’s critical information and resources.

Privileged user accounts can be targets for cyber attacks as they typically have the highest level of permissions and access to confidential or sensitive information within an organisation.  Think of it this way…if an unauthorised person compromises a standard user account they will only have access to limited information, but if they compromise a privileged user account they will have far greater access and more damage can be done.

Implementing a PAM enables businesses to monitor which users have access to what data and therefore protect themselves against security breaches.

PAM is also key to achieving compliance within an organisation as records of who has access to what information can be evidenced.

There are several elements of PAM that be implemented including multifactor authentication, access management, session tracking and much more.

How does Torsion support PAM?

Many IT departments use manual administrative processes to manage and update privileged credentials. This is an inefficient and expensive approach.

Torsion tracks and controls privileged sessions automatically to identify any threats and violations.

The Torsion Data Access Governance tool also controls privileged user access within cloud platforms, which typically create additional complexity and compliance risks.

Torsion is also easy to use for IT admins and individual business users. As the monitoring of privileged access is automated, it sends admins alerts when any access appears unauthorised so they can immediately grant or revoke access. Torsion can also lock down suspicious access automatically.

So, if you’re looking to secure those high-value attacks aimed at your users with access to the most sensitive data, talk to one of our team about implementing Torsion in your business. Email info@torsionis.com.