According to Gartner analysts Felix Gaehtgens and Anmol Singh, cybersecurity and IT professionals look to PAM solutions to prevent data breaches and insider threats. These tools enhance data protection by controlling which users can access private information and creating accountability by auditing and monitoring privileged access.

Compliance mandates also drive adoption of PAM tools. Most major compliance mandates require organizations to monitor and restrict which users can access sensitive data, like payment card information for PCI DSS or healthcare information for HIPAA.

Authority Broker is identification and access management software that makes it possible to follow the principle of least privileges on the IBM i platform. It’s a privilege elevation and delegation management solution. Rather than granting users elevated privileges 24/7, Authority Broker allows users to swap into privileged profiles when they need special authorities.

You can define which users can conduct swaps, when profile swaps can occur, and what authorities each user can swap into. This approach allows for tight control over who’s accessing sensitive data and applications, without preventing users from fulfilling their job duties.

Screen captures and real-time alerts provide accountability. Even if a user enters a black hole environment like SQL during a swap, screen grabs capture every action. Email alerts inform managers of every authority swap. Authority Broker also provides a complete audit trail of privileged user activity. You can create reports for profile swaps, the commands entered during profile swaps, screen captures, invalid access attempts, and more.