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Privileged Access Management

Control and account for your most powerful accounts — vaulting, just-in-time access, session monitoring, and least privilege for the credentials attackers want most.

Zero standing privilege

The target state — no always-on admin rights sitting around for an attacker to steal

#1 vector

Stolen and compromised credentials are among the top breach entry points — IBM / Verizon DBIR

Fully managed

We design, run, and review the PAM program — not just hand you a vault to staff

The controls we put around privilege

Four controls that together take the standing power out of your most dangerous accounts — deployed on tooling you own and operated by us.

Credential vaulting & rotation

Privileged passwords, keys, and secrets are moved into an encrypted vault, checked out under policy, and rotated automatically so a stolen credential is short-lived and traceable.

  • Admin, root, and API secrets out of scripts and spreadsheets
  • Automatic rotation after each use or on schedule
  • Every checkout tied to a named person

Just-in-time access

Admins request elevated rights for a specific task and window, get them approved, and lose them automatically when the window closes — the goal is zero standing privilege, not permanent membership in privileged groups.

  • Time-boxed elevation with approval workflow
  • No permanent Domain Admin or root membership
  • Access expires on its own, nothing to clean up

Session monitoring & recording

Privileged sessions are proxied, monitored, and recorded end to end, giving you a searchable record of exactly what was done on critical systems and the ability to terminate a risky session live.

  • Full session recording for critical systems
  • Live monitoring and kill-session controls
  • Searchable evidence for audit and incidents

Least privilege for admins & machines

We right-size entitlements for human admins and for service, application, and other non-human accounts so each identity holds only the rights its role actually needs.

  • Role-based, task-scoped admin rights
  • Service and application accounts inventoried and scoped
  • Removal of dormant and excess privilege

Why privileged access is the fight that matters

Ordinary user accounts let an attacker in. Privileged accounts let them own the estate — which is why controlling privilege is where the leverage is.

Privilege is the objective

Intruders rarely stop at the first foothold — they escalate, then use privileged credentials to move laterally and push ransomware across the whole estate. Removing standing privilege breaks that path.

Service accounts are the soft target

Non-human accounts often carry high privilege, never expire, and share passwords baked into code — exactly the hygiene gap attackers exploit and defenders overlook.

Standing privilege is standing risk

An always-on admin account is a liability whether or not it is being used today. Just-in-time access shrinks the window in which any credential is worth stealing.

Auditors and insurers now expect it

Vaulting, MFA on privileged access, and session records are increasingly required for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 attestations and to secure cyber-insurance coverage.

Designed, deployed, and managed

PAM projects stall when they are treated as a one-time install. We deploy in phases and then run it — the operational work is where the risk reduction actually lands.

Design & phased deployment

We discover privileged accounts, prioritize the highest-risk systems, and onboard them in stages so admins are never locked out and adoption sticks.

Day-to-day operation

We run the vault, approve or route access requests, monitor sessions, and respond to privileged-access alerts as part of your program — not a tool you have to babysit.

Access reviews & recertification

Privileged entitlements are reviewed on a regular cadence so access that is no longer needed is revoked before it becomes an audit finding or an open door.

One program with IAM & Zero Trust

PAM extends our Identity & Access Management and Zero Trust services — the same identity, MFA, and least-privilege model applied to your most powerful accounts, feeding evidence to your SOC and SIEM.

Why intSignal

Vendor-flexible

We deploy and operate the PAM platform that fits your estate and budget, and integrate with the identity provider you already run — no rip-and-replace.

  • CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delinea, or HashiCorp Vault
  • Works with Entra ID and Active Directory

Built for admins, not against them

Controls are designed so day-to-day admin work stays fast — friction goes up only where the risk is, which is what keeps PAM from being bypassed.

  • Streamlined checkout and elevation
  • Adoption-first phased rollout

Evidence-ready

Vault activity, session recordings, and access reviews are documented and reportable for auditors and cyber-insurers.

  • Session records and approval trails
  • Reporting mapped to your frameworks

How we stand up and run PAM

A phased program that reduces standing privilege without breaking the admin workflows your business depends on.

1

Discover & scope

We inventory privileged accounts, admin groups, and service and non-human identities, then rank systems by blast radius to set the rollout order.

2

Design & deploy

We stand up the vault, define access and just-in-time policies, and onboard critical systems in phases so no one is locked out mid-cutover.

3

Operate & respond

We run vaulting, approvals, rotation, and session monitoring day to day, and act on privileged-access alerts alongside your SOC.

4

Review & report

Regular access recertification and reporting show what was accessed, what was revoked, and where standing privilege still needs to come down.

Tools & standards we work with

We deploy on the PAM platform that fits your environment and align controls to the standards your auditors expect.

CyberArk
BeyondTrust
Delinea
HashiCorp Vault
Microsoft Entra PIM
Just-in-time (JIT) access
Secrets management
Session recording
Phishing-resistant MFA
Service-account governance
SOC 2
ISO 27001

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between PAM and IAM?

IAM governs identity and access for your general user population; PAM applies stricter controls — vaulting, just-in-time elevation, and session recording — to the small set of privileged accounts that can do the most damage. We run PAM as an extension of our Identity & Access Management service, so both share one identity and least-privilege model.

Will PAM slow our administrators down?

Done well, no. We design checkout and elevation to stay fast for routine work and add friction only where the risk justifies it, because controls that get in the way are the ones admins route around. Rollout is phased so teams adopt the workflow before enforcement tightens.

What about service accounts and other non-human identities?

They are often the highest-risk gap, since they hold standing privilege, rarely rotate, and embed passwords in code. We inventory them, move their secrets into the vault, enable automatic rotation, and scope each one to only the rights it needs.

Which PAM platform do you use?

We are vendor-flexible and deploy the platform that fits your estate — CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delinea, or HashiCorp Vault — and integrate it with your Entra ID or Active Directory. If you already own a PAM tool, we can operate it rather than replace it.

How does PAM help against ransomware and lateral movement?

Most ransomware spreads by stealing privileged credentials and reusing them across systems. Removing standing privilege, vaulting and rotating admin passwords, and requiring just-in-time elevation break that reuse, so a single compromised host is far harder to turn into an estate-wide incident.

Does PAM help with compliance and cyber insurance?

Yes. Credential vaulting, MFA on privileged access, session recording, and regular access reviews satisfy privileged-access controls in SOC 2 and ISO 27001 and are increasingly required to obtain or renew cyber-insurance coverage. We produce the evidence and reporting to prove it.

Built for regulated, audited environments

We deliver the controls and evidence that make your audits possible — hardening and operating practices aligned to the frameworks your assessors and customers recognize.

SOC 2
ISO 27001
HIPAA
PCI DSS
CIS Controls
NIST CSF
GDPR

PAM for your environment

Tell us your stack and priorities — we return scope, ownership, and a plan.