Posts tagged: pam
CyberArk Day-1 vs Day-2: Patching Vaults Without Breaking the Bank
Day-1 is onboarding the first hundred accounts. Day-2 is patching the vault that guards them without dropping a single banking session: DR-first cycles, CPM/PSM windows, and why the boring discipline is the job.
Unsigned Terminals: What Auditors Actually Fear (and What PSM Does Instead)
A terminal produces claims, not proof. What cryptographic signing actually guarantees in 60 seconds, and how privileged session management delivers the same trilogy by process instead of math.
I Built a PAM Audit CLI to Learn Identity the Hard Way
idira-audit-clj is a zero-dependency Babashka CLI that audits privileged estates for orphaned accounts, dormant privilege, and stale tokens — built AI-assisted, disclosed honestly, tested deterministically.
Your Agent Fleet Needs a Sheepdog — A Personal IAM Control Plane
When one assistant becomes dozens of sub-agents, the architecture breaks without a control plane. The sheepdog pattern — a personal IAM/PAM layer — is how you keep a fleet safe.