Description
Privileged accounts are those with special permissions on a system, application, database or any other asset that can be used to perform any administration activity (E. g. changing the configuration), or have full access to the data. Failing to manage and monitor the usage of the privilege accounts in a corporate environment or an organization could have serious consequences. Once hackers or malicious actors find a way to get into a system or a network, they will be looking to compromise a privilege account to get access to those systems and information that they are not authorized. Privilege Account Management is an important topic in Cyber Security and a requirements for a lot of regulatory and compliance frameworks. In this course you will learn about: Privileged accounts and credentials management, what they are, why they are important and different typesPrivilege credentials security considerationsImplement and Usage of password manager solutionsPrivilege Account Management (PAM) or Privilege Account and Session Management (PASM) solutionsBuilding a lab environment for testing PAM solutionsImplement and Configure a PAM solutionOnboard systems and credentials on the PAM solution (Windows, Linux, Web)Utilise important PAM capabilities like remote access, sessions recording, audit, automated password changing, etc. Review privilege credential usage, reporting and auditing requirementsBest practices to implement PAM solutions
