Remote Privileged Access Management
Provide employees, vendors and trusted third parties with privileged remote access to critical systems without requiring a VPN.
Third party breaches
15% of breaches involved a third party in 2023, a 68% increase from 20221
Credential breaches
More than 35% of breaches involved credentials in 20231
External compromise
IT leaders recognise compromise of privilege credentials by external threat actors2
Privileged remote access challenges
As the number of remote and external workers increases, cyberthreats are keeping pace, bringing new and unique challenges to organisations of all sizes. One such challenge is ensuring these users can access systems and resources without adding risk or reducing productivity. This becomes an even greater issue when securing access for privileged users.
Both internal and external privileged users often require a VPN-based approach to perform remote privileged tasks. This adds complexity as it often requires additional setup on the front end for IT admins and reduces the ability for end-users to connect from anywhere and from any device, reducing productivity.
Meeting these needs while maintaining security and compliance can lead to frustrations and difficulty for IT teams, driving the adoption of Remote Privileged Access Management (RPAM).
RPAM enforces least privilege principles through session-brokering approaches and enables time-bound, session-specific, just-in-time access for remote privileged users. It also ensures accountability by recording and auditing remote privileged user activities.
RPAM is used to improve identity lifecycle management approaches, especially for short term access, which requires a specific set of policies and procedures to guide the creation and assignment of privileges and their expiration of access.
Without a proper strategy in place, securing remote privileged users can be complex.
Remote privileged access management use cases
Simplify secure vendor access
Enable least privilege access to vendors and other outside agencies to obtain full visibility over actions with reporting and compliance built in.
Secure remote work for employees
Manage the entire lifecycle of privileged remote connections, ensuring least privilege and eliminating standing access.
Ensure compliance and audit readiness
Record privileged sessions to ensure compliance, create an audit trail of activities and mitigate threats.
Vendor privileged access management
Beyond internal remote users, organisations also need to secure vendors and external agencies when accessing privileged data. By extending remote privileged access to outside users, organisations benefit from a full audit trail of vendor actions and limit standing access.
Furthermore, organisations can enforce Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and enable just-in-time provisioning to ensure only approved external users are accessing information.
Key benefits of remote privileged access management
- Reduce risk and simplify auditing with fully recorded sessions
- Provide Just-in-Time (JIT) access for temporary, time-limited access
- Streamline remote and vendor access management by automating routine tasks
- Enhance security and compliance while maintaining business operations
- Remove reliance on VPNs and endpoint-based agents for connection
How Keeper enables secure remote privileged access
- Use Keeper Connection Manager and Remote Browser Isolation to quickly and securely provide vendor access to a privileged session without provisioning an account
- Enforce granular sharing restrictions that extend to external parties
- Share folders with vendors to limit access to specific resources
- Mitigate standing access with Time-Limited Access
- Prevent data leakage with automated password rotation
- Enable JIT access with ServiceNow, SailPoint and many other ticketing systems using Keeper Commander SDK and Keeper Secrets Manager SDKs
Solve remote privileged access challenges with Keeper
Keeper Connection Manager and Remote Browser Isolation provide session recording, credential autofill and clear audit trails to enable secure browsing and zero-trust infrastructure access without a VPN or local agent.
1 2024 Verizon DBIR Report
2 Keeper's Cloud-Based Privileged Access Management
