The Universal Privilege Management model secures every user, session, and asset across your IT environment. With the BeyondTrust approach, you can start anywhere, with the privileged access management (PAM) use cases that are most urgent to your organization, and then seamlessly address remaining use cases over time.

In this paper, you will learn:

  • The pivotal role PAM plays in disrupting the cyberattack chain
  • The core components of the Universal Privilege Management model
  • How to quickly improve privilege security with a solution that is frictionless and invisible to end users

"BeyondTrust’s Universal Privilege Management approach provides the most practical, complete, and scalable model to protecting privileged identities, accounts, passwords and secrets, and sessions."

Core Universal Privilege Management Use Cases Covered in this Guide

Accountability for Privileged Accounts

Manage privileged credentials for human and non-human accounts, and audit all privileged activity

Implement Least Privilege on Desktops

Enforce least privilege and application control across Windows & macOS desktops

Implement Least Privilege on Servers

Enforce least privilege and application control across servers (Unix, Linux, Windows, etc.)

Application Reputation

Control applications and make privilege elevation/delegation decisions based on real-time risk

Remote Access

Manage credentials, audit sessions, and enforce least privilege for vendor and remote access.

Network Devices & IoT

Extend PAM best practices (least privilege, credential management) to all devices

Virtualization & Cloud Data

Manage credentials, control access, and audit privileged sessions across all cloud environments

DevOps & DevSecOps

Manage secrets in DevOps/automation workflows (RPA, CI/CD toolchains, etc.) and enforce least privilege

Privileged Account Integration to Other Tools

Benefit from a single, contextual lens through which to view and address cyber risks

Identity Access Management Integration

Seamlessly manage privileged and nonprivileged identities, and enable unified administration and SSO across WIndows, Unix, Linux, & macOS

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