1.2 Main Features of Privileged Account Manager

Privileged Account Manager has several features that makes Privileged Account Management simple and robust. Following are the main features of PAM:

  • Managing the Privileged accounts

  • Controlling administrator access to the Linux, UNIX, Windows, database and application servers

  • Managing policies based on roles

  • Monitoring the Real-time activities of a user using a privileged account

  • Terminating a suspicious remote session and if required, blocking users from further initiating the session

  • Video recording, or Keystroke replay

  • Active Directory Bridging - User authentication and access control based on user identity and group membership in the Microsoft Active Directory

  • Secure Credential Vault which holds the credentials of all the critical servers and applications

  • Multi-factor authentication and access control with following methods:

    • Smartphone Authentication

    • Time based OTP (TOTP)

    • Counter based OTP (HOTP)

    • Email or SMS OTP

    • Voice

  • Easy policy definition using policy templates

  • Management of SSH key and other types of keys

  • Syslog collector which can send critical data from various events to the SIEM system

  • Multi-tenancy support with the integration of NetIQ Cloud Manager

  • AAPM support using REST APIs

  • Geographical control of the audit data using Audit zones

  • Color coding for the risks based on the specified risk level

  • Audit Zone for restricting and reducing network traffic

  • Restricted access to user’s details based on the type of Administrator

  • Compliance auditing and reporting

  • Integration with Identity Manager

  • Integration with Access Manager

  • Integration with Advanced Authentication