Many large organizations have been leveraging Privilege Access Management for Servers capabilities for years – decades, even. Most of these organizations exist in industries with high security requirements, and they frequently are not very risk tolerant; this is completely understandable. However, there comes a point at which learning something new -and taking a modest step- can help you reap significant rewards.
Most organizations using PAM to protect their servers support authentication and manage privilege elevation: Some also support auditing requirements. However, many organizations are stuck when it comes to some key things, such as:
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- Enabling MFA support across multiple providers for vendors
- Ensuring MFA resiliency
- Efficiently supporting session auditing in a cost-effective way
- Managing and securing privileged remote access for vendors and suppliers, as well as remote workers
Customers tackling Server PAM frequently still face some challenges which consistently come up in conversation: 1. The sprawl of identities, credentials, and of the technology ecosystem, 2. The expensive and laborious effort that it takes to manage and maintain solutions, and 3. Auditing: The struggle with visibility and finding and storing the necessary data to simplify auditing processes.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the new capabilities that are available to Server PAM customers to help address these challenges:
Sprawl
It is becoming harder to tame the chaos surrounding servers and Server PAM solutions – whether it’s the ever-growing number of identities (human, non-human … agentic – what’s next?) and credentials, as well as the number of systems that need to be integrated and supported. What’s new to help: Server Suite and Cloud Suite customers should know that there are new capabilities that have been introduced to reduce the burden around trying to secure against the sprawl, including:
- Baked-in multi-factor authentication for accessing systems – such as EntraID, Duo, and more, to streamline the moving parts and reduce complexity
- MFA can now be done natively, without RADIUS
- Policy-based authentication helps provide automation for what used to be time-consuming processes, helping reduce costs and improve outcomes
Leveraging new, modern capabilities can help you tame the sprawl and reduce manual efforts, while strengthening identity security.
Managing and Maintaining Systems
In these types of customer environments, there are frequently tons of systems to integrated and protect – including legacy systems. The sheer effort of managing and maintaining the integrations, the updates, the technology under-the-covers is often overwhelming. And that’s before we even talk about the time and investment these teams have to make when building resiliency into their environments.
What’s new to help: Delinea Server PAM customers should know that there are some new capabilities to help reduce the manual effort, such as:
- Native support for MFA providers and other systems enable robust access mechanisms that scale and break down the silos you struggle with
- The ability to leverage SaaS-based audit – to reduce the manual effort that many customers need to use today in on-premises environments
- The ability to integrate with a SaaS-based platform for new capabilities- such as privileged remote access, cloud and on-prem identity visibility, and more – and take advantage of continuous in-place updates and 99.995% uptime
- Microservices-based environments enable built-in HA
Lack of visibility and difficulty with auditing
While we’ve come a long way since managing passwords in excel files, there continues to be a challenge around gaining visibility into audit-worthy and audit-necessary data, and how to wrangle that data together into a consolidated, auditable report --- and then having to do it all again (and again) for the next audit or audits.
What’s new to help: Delinea has introduced a new architecture that acts as a centralized hub that is helping out customers change the game. You can continue to use your existing Server Suite – unchanged – and leverage a new, tight connectivity with the Delinea Platform to take advantage of the benefits below. Cloud Suite customers can also leverage the capabilities available in the Delinea Platform:
- Continuous identity discovery can help you locate identities and shadow identities efficiently and on an ongoing basis
- Capture and store session audit data in the cloud, so you can efficiently retain what you need, see what you have, and create reports quickly
- Session recording: Record user actions and store that data in the cloud, too. Admins can review the activities in real-time, look at them after-the-fact, or leverage AI capabilities to automate review and also alert based on the review findings
Improving visibility and streamlining the audit process are game changers for most organizations, and these capabilities can really help you mature your identity security deployment.
If you are a Server Suite or Cloud Suite customer, and you’d like to learn more about what’s new and how it can help you – and also hear about customer success stories connecting with the Delinea Platform to leverage these new capabilities – join our Product Management team and technical experts for a customer-only webinar on August 27 at 11am EST. Register here for the webinar - Did you know: Server Suite can help you access new capabilities - such as advanced MFA enforcement, lower cost and effort audits, and more.