February 2022 InfoSec Seminar | Why is PAM important and how can it prevent breaches from happening? 

Why is Privileged Access Management important and how can it prevent breaches from happening? by Mohammad Mirheydari
Many breaches have happened due to lack of proper Privileged Access Management (PAM) control. A bad actor can gain access to the most crucial assets of organizations by breaking into their Active Directory, powerful accounts, or a service account. Bad actors take advantage of orphan or forgotten powerful IDs in an environment and find ways to infiltrate and gain access to deep local networks. They then exfiltrate this critical data and sell it in the black market. This presentation shows how PAM tools can help protect organizations and stop bad actors from gaining administrator control inside networks.