Cybersecurity Threats

Streamlining Compliance with CyberArk's Privileged Access Management

Hackers target privileged accounts because those accounts have access to crucial systems and data. CyberArk's Privileged Access Management is an all inclusive solution for controlling and protecting privileged accounts. It simplifies compliance with regulations such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and significantly lowers the risks related to data breaches or cyber attacks.

This creates tangible benefits for organisations and results in worthwhile returns on their investment.

Why privileged accounts are a target

In an information technology environment, privileged account security management software detects, administers, and secures privileged accounts across an organisation's technology landscape. Centralising privileged account management allows organisations to easily monitor and control access to critical systems and data. This gives organisations clear oversight for monitoring access controls for necessary services, systems, and data.

Core controls

A privileged access management programme usually combines several controls that work together to reduce risk:

• Privileged access management: central control over who can reach critical systems and data.
• Automated privileged access reviews: computerised reviews of privileged access to ensure that only those who genuinely require it have it, and that access is revoked when it is no longer necessary.
• Monitoring and recording: real time monitoring of privileged access sessions to confirm that all access adheres to organisational policies and regulations.
• Audit and reporting: comprehensive privileged access activity reports that demonstrate compliance with regulations and standards while offering valuable insight into usage patterns.

Organisations should implement policies that allow only the most limited privilege access. This means privileged users only receive access to what they require to perform their jobs effectively, and restricting privileged user privileges may decrease unauthorised access.

Advanced threat protection and compliance

Advanced threat protection and compliance gives enterprises real time threat detection, behavioural analytics, and machine learning to detect cyber attacks immediately and respond accordingly. This helps organisations prevent data breaches while mitigating damage in real time.

Because sessions are recorded and monitored, organisations gain full transparency into all privileged sessions. This allows them to demonstrate that they are meeting requirements while protecting sensitive data for compliance purposes.

A practical outlook

CyberArk's Privileged Access Management solution assists organisations in managing compliance while safeguarding privileged access. By centralising privileged account management, enforcing least privilege access, and recording all privileged sessions, organisations can mitigate data breaches and cyber attacks while meeting their compliance obligations. It offers strong threat protection for critical systems and data, together with features that simplify compliance with regulations and standards.

Further reading

For official guidance on hardening privileged access, see the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. For background on audit and assurance, see this explanation of the four types of audit reports. For workforce training on enterprise platforms, see Workday training, which helps students understand how Workday HCM supports compliance, data accuracy, and secure human resources operations while building knowledge of business processes, security, reporting, employee data management, and organisational structures. For a structured overview of process based learning, see our guide to Workday business process training.