Privileged Access Management (PAM) is a powerful tool for meeting various regulatory requirements by helping to secure access to critical systems and sensitive data. Here are some key regulatory policies PAM can assist with:
1. **General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)**
– **Requirement:** Ensuring data privacy and secure processing of EU citizen data.
– **PAM’s Role:** Control and monitor access to personal data, enforce least privilege, and provide audit trails to demonstrate compliance in case of an investigation.
2. **Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)**
– **Requirement:** Protecting electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) against unauthorized access.
– **PAM’s Role:** Enforce strict access controls on ePHI, enable multifactor authentication for privileged users, and maintain logs to monitor who accessed what and when.
3. **Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS)**
– **Requirement:** Protecting cardholder data.
– **PAM’s Role:** Securely store and manage credentials for accessing payment systems, enforce least privilege, and monitor privileged access to cardholder data environments.
4. **Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)**
– **Requirement:** Ensuring federal data security.
– **PAM’s Role:** Restrict privileged access within federal agencies, provide accountability through auditing, and enforce password policies to comply with NIST standards.
5. **Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)**
– **Requirement:** Protecting financial data integrity.
– **PAM’s Role:** Monitor and control privileged access to financial systems, provide transparency in access activities, and support audits to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
6. **Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)**
– **Requirement:** Securing consumer financial information.
– **PAM’s Role:** Limit access to consumer financial data to authorized individuals, enforce policies on least privilege, and provide audit logs to demonstrate compliance.
7. **NERC-CIP (North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection)**
– **Requirement:** Protecting critical energy infrastructure.
– **PAM’s Role:** Restrict and monitor access to critical infrastructure systems, enforce multifactor authentication, and record access logs to comply with cybersecurity standards for critical energy infrastructure. 8. **ISO/IEC 27001**
– **Requirement:** Implementing information security management systems (ISMS) best practices.
– **PAM’s Role:** Enforce role-based access controls, provide centralized access management, and generate audit logs that align with ISO 27001’s security requirements.
PAM solutions such as CyberArk, BeyondTrust, and Thycotic can help organizations meet these regulatory requirements by providing secure, controlled, and auditable privileged access, which is a core element of compliance for these policies.