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Privileged Access Management (PAM) is a critical component of any organization's cybersecurity strategy. Privileged accounts provide access to the most sensitive data and systems within an organization. As such, it's essential to manage them carefully to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches and cyberattacks. Here are some best practices for implementing PAM in your organization to ensure that your privileged accounts are secure and protected.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) in cybersecurity is how organizations manage and secure access to highly sensitive accounts, systems and data. Without PAM, organizations are at greater risk of a cyberattack impacting privileged accounts. Continue reading to learn more about PAM and its crucial role in cybersecurity.

Research shows that most of today’s cyberattacks occur when a cybercriminal gains access to a system through stolen credentials. Users with extra privileges, particularly IT administrators, are often targeted by threat actors who steal those privileges to access sensitive information and take control of systems. With an increase in virtual and hybrid work, across both the public and private sectors, these kinds of attacks are only becoming more common.

The gender gap in STEM fields is a huge problem. Women only make up 25.2% of the computer and mathematical occupations in STEM, even though these jobs are among the fastest growing and highest paid in the world. Why is this happening? What can we do to bridge the gap and get more women these lucrative careers? Those are questions we’re doing our part to solve at One Identity UNITE.