๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ: Real-World Findings from Security Assessments
๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฒ% of infrastructures I analyzed had ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ (PAW) in place.
This is a huge gapโand it ties directly to Tiering Models & Access Restrictions. If you donโt control who accesses what, how can you properly secure privileged workstations?
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ:
โ Stop Credential Harvesting โ Protect admin credentials from being stolen.
โ Strengthen Access Control โ Ensure admins use dedicated, hardened devices.
โ Boost Zero-Day Protection โ A separate, secured device dramatically lowers exploit risk.
But hereโs the truth ๐ Implementing PAWs isnโt easy.
Many try to replace them with PAM (Privileged Access Management) solutions, but PAM alone isnโt enoughโyou still need secure access to PAM itself.
๐ก One alternative: use a dedicated physical device running multiple VMs.
โ But ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ช ๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป you use for daily tasks!
๐ Do you have PAWs in place in your environment?
