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Privileged Access Management
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Secure SSH Access Without Changing How Administrators Work
If you ask a Linux administrator what SSH client they use, you’ll probably get an immediate answer: OpenSSH, PuTTY, Windows Terminal, SecureCRT. Whatever the…
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Why Engineers Still Work Around Privileged Access Management
For most of my career, I’ve been helping organizations solve the same challenge. How do you secure privileged access without making it harder for people to do…
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Is It Time for a Terminal-Native PAM Approach?
Privileged Access Management (PAM) has evolved through several generations. We’ve gone from password vaults to session management, from VPNs to Zero Trust, and now we’re talking about securing AI agents and…
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Don’t Lose Sight of the Fundamentals of Privileged Access Management
There’s a lot of discussion in privileged access management (PAM) and identity security right now about AI agents, non-human identities and machine identities. And there should be. These identities…
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Someone Changed the Password on a Water Utility’s PLC
More than 30 Minnesota water systems lost control of their equipment in a single weekend, and the campaign has since reached at least a…
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Why VPNs Are No Longer Enough for Secure Remote Access
For most of my career, I’ve been helping organizations solve the same challenge, how do you give people remote access to critical systems without putting the business at…
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Top 10 PAM Solutions for Securing Machine Identities and AI Agents
Today, privileged access is just as likely to come from a machine as a human. Service accounts, API keys, SSH keys, certificates, workloads, scripts,…
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Time to Rethink Privileged Access for Machines and AI Agents
For years, Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) have been treated as foundational and a solved security challenge. Organizations deployed vaults, enforced policies, and…
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CISA Recommends Privileged Access Controls for Endpoint Management After Stryker Incident
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a rare and urgent advisory following a March 11, 2026 cyberattack that disrupted the Microsoft environment of Stryker Corporation. Reports indicate the attackers…
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PowerShell Is a Security Risk – Here’s How to Fix It
If you run a Windows environment, you already know how critical PowerShell is. It’s the backbone of modern administration, used for automation, configuration, and day-to-day operations…
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