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Privileged Account

A privileged account is any account with elevated access rights beyond standard users — including administrator accounts, service accounts, root accounts, emergency accounts, and application accounts.

PAM Account Security

❓ What is Privileged Account?

A privileged account is any account with elevated access rights beyond standard users — including administrator accounts, service accounts, root accounts, emergency accounts, and application accounts.

⚙️ How Does It Work?

Privileged accounts are secured through PAM: vaulting credentials, enforcing MFA, recording sessions, rotating passwords, and applying JIT access to eliminate standing privileges.

📍 Where Is It Used?

Every IT environment — on-premises servers, cloud consoles, databases, network equipment, applications.

💡 Real-World Example

Types of privileged accounts at a bank: Domain Admin, root on Unix servers, sa on SQL databases, AWS root account, service accounts running automated jobs, and break-glass emergency accounts.

🔗 Related Terms

PAM Service Account JIT CyberArk Least Privilege
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