The Gartner® report outlines a comprehensive view of Privileged Access Management (PAM). It categorizes PAM capabilities into core areas like privileged account and session management, privileged session management, privilege elevation and delegation management, remote privileged access management, alongside adjacent areas such as secrets management and cloud infrastructure and entitlement management.
Our takeaways include the framework highlighting evolving cloud use cases, including DevSecOps, analytics, multi-cloud environments, as well as a maturity roadmap showing progression from basic credential vaulting to advanced AI-driven automation and analytics.
Read this report to explore structured implementation approach of PAM and five key strategies—culture, discovery, least privilege, visibility, and efficiency that demonstrate how PAM drives governance, security, and measurable business value through automation and integrations.
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Gartner, A Journey Guide to Privileged Access Management. Abhyuday Data, Michael Kelley, 22 December 2025
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