Privileged Access Management vs Secrets Management
Developers should learn PAM to implement secure access controls in applications and infrastructure, especially when building systems that handle sensitive data or require administrative privileges meets developers should learn and use secrets management when building applications that handle sensitive data, especially in cloud-native, microservices, or devops environments where secrets are frequently shared across multiple services. Here's our take.
Privileged Access Management
Developers should learn PAM to implement secure access controls in applications and infrastructure, especially when building systems that handle sensitive data or require administrative privileges
Privileged Access Management
Nice PickDevelopers should learn PAM to implement secure access controls in applications and infrastructure, especially when building systems that handle sensitive data or require administrative privileges
Pros
- +It's critical for compliance with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS, and for mitigating insider threats and external attacks targeting privileged accounts
- +Related to: identity-and-access-management, zero-trust-security
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Secrets Management
Developers should learn and use secrets management when building applications that handle sensitive data, especially in cloud-native, microservices, or DevOps environments where secrets are frequently shared across multiple services
Pros
- +It is crucial for security best practices, as hardcoding secrets in code or configuration files poses significant risks
- +Related to: devops, security
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Privileged Access Management if: You want it's critical for compliance with regulations like gdpr, hipaa, and pci-dss, and for mitigating insider threats and external attacks targeting privileged accounts and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Secrets Management if: You prioritize it is crucial for security best practices, as hardcoding secrets in code or configuration files poses significant risks over what Privileged Access Management offers.
Developers should learn PAM to implement secure access controls in applications and infrastructure, especially when building systems that handle sensitive data or require administrative privileges
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