Privileged Access Management (PAM) at Risksols is a critical security framework designed to secure, monitor, manage, and control access to sensitive systems, applications, and data by users with elevated permissions. PAM is essential for reducing the risk of insider threats, credential abuse, and privilege escalation attacks—particularly in today’s hybrid environments that span on-premise infrastructure, cloud platforms, and DevOps ecosystems.

Risksols begins the PAM process with a comprehensive privilege discovery and assessment, identifying all users, accounts, systems, and services that possess administrative or elevated rights. This includes human users (such as IT admins, developers, and third-party vendors) and non-human identities (like service accounts, application credentials, and automation tools). Each privileged account is evaluated based on its purpose, scope, and necessity to determine where excessive or unnecessary privileges may exist.

Following discovery, Risksols implements least privilege enforcement, a foundational PAM principle that ensures users and services have only the minimum access required to perform their tasks. This involves role-based access controls (RBAC), segmentation of duties, and policy-based restrictions that limit administrative access to critical systems, databases, and cloud resources.

To manage privileged credentials securely, Risksols deploys vaulting and credential rotation technologies. Passwords, SSH keys, API tokens, and other secrets are stored in secure, encrypted vaults and are automatically rotated at configurable intervals to reduce the window of misuse. Temporary access is granted through just-in-time (JIT) provisioning, meaning users receive elevated access only when needed and only for a limited time, minimizing persistent exposure.