Idira® unifies PAM foundations with zero standing privileges to eliminate the persistent attack surface and secure every user from their first authentication to their last privileged action.
Traditional PAM protects the privileged few yet, attackers go after everyone else. Compromising standard accounts, moving laterally, and reaching privileged systems through the seams between IAM, PAM and endpoint controls.
Structural gaps of fragmented tools
Structural gaps of fragmented tools
70% of security breaches run through identity because disconnected systems create separate data models and policy engines that attackers easily bypass.
Standing privileges are a liability
Standing privileges are a liability
Standing access creates a permanent attack surface. Stolen credentials and persistent access drive the majority of breaches.
The universal privilege reality
The universal privilege reality
Privilege is no longer for a few admins. Every identity is privileged based on what they can reach, yet most are protected by controls designed for a fraction of users.
Third-Party blind spots
Third-Party blind spots
External vendors often hold higher privileges than employees with less oversight, accounting for nearly 29% of all identity breaches.
The burden of legacy PAM complexity
The burden of legacy PAM complexity
Manual rotations and disconnected vaults for on-prem and cloud create security blind spots and operational friction that slow down digital transformation.
Unmanaged tier-0 and local admin risk
Unmanaged tier-0 and local admin risk
Attackers exploit unmanaged root accounts and local admin rights to escalate privileges. Leaving these entry points open creates a persistent foothold for lateral movement.
SOLUTIONS
Modern privileged access management
Secure any human identity—from workforce users to cloud engineers—across your full infrastructure. Idira PAM solutions unifies vaulting, Zero Standing Privileges, and session isolation into a single enforcement experience to remove the credentials attackers reuse.
Zero standing privileges (ZSP)
Remove the baseline risk of persistent access. Ephemeral privileges are created only when a task starts and destroyed automatically when work ends, leaving nothing behind for an attacker to steal or misuse.
Secure infrastructure and cloud access
Enable agentless, brokered access to AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes. Support native CLI and console workflows with Just-in-Time entitlements that replace static, long-lived IAM roles.
Workforce endpoint privilege security
Remove standing local administrator rights across Windows, macOS and Linux. Replace them with on-demand application elevation to stop lateral movement and credential harvesting at the first mile of access.
Intelligent session control & audit
Isolate and record every sensitive session across infrastructure and SaaS. AI-generated summaries surface anomalous commands in real time, stopping identity misuse before damage occurs.
Secure third-party and vendor access
Eliminate VPN and bastion dependencies for external contractors. Provide browser-based, JIT access scoped to specific tasks with full session recording for audit and compliance.
MODERN PAM CONTROLS
Layered, adaptive privilege controls from endpoint through session
Shift from static, standing privileges to dynamic, risk-aligned controls. Idira unifies vaulting, ZSP, and endpoint security into a single operating model to secure every identity.
Ephemeral access that exists only when work exists
Remove standing access entirely. Context-aware, ephemeral privileges are created for the duration of a task and destroyed automatically when work ends, leaving no dormant credentials for attackers to exploit.
Native, agentless access to cloud and Kubernetes
Secure access to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Kubernetes via native CLI and consoles. Use agentless session brokering and JIT entitlements to eliminate VPN and bastion dependencies while maintaining a full audit trail.
Remove local admin rights without breaking workflows
Secure the "first mile" of access by removing local administrator rights across Windows, macOS and Linux. Replace them with policy-based elevation to stop lateral movement and credential harvesting.
Isolate and monitor every privileged action
Broker and isolate privileged sessions across infrastructure and SaaS. AI-generated summaries surface anomalous commands in real time, closing the audit gap between authentication and action.
Automated credential management for proven defense
Protect critical system-level accounts with automated credential vaulting and rotation. Idira bridges traditional vaulting with JIT workflows, enabling a staged journey to a zero standing privilege model.
Identify & stop identity-based attacks in real time
Use native ITDR to analyze signals across the identity estate. Automatically terminate risky sessions or elevate authentication requirements when suspicious lateral movement or vault sweeping is detected.
89%
of Unit 42 investigations where identity was a weakness. Idira closes this gap by securing the 65% of initial access driven by identity spoofing techniques.1
88%
of breaches involve stolen credentials. We remove the surface with phishing-resistant authentication and Zero Standing Privileges.2
12 Hours
tool fragmentation delays incident response by an average of 12 hours per incident. Idira unifies IAM, PAM, and IGA to close the visibility gaps that stall containment.3
Benefits & Values
Dynamic, layered controls from the endpoint to any target
Shift from static standing privileges to a layered, adaptive defense. Idira unifies endpoint control, vaulting, and Zero Standing Privileges into a single operating model that secures every human identity.
Frequently asked questions about Idira privileged access management (PAM)
Learn how Idira unifies IAM, PAM and IGA into a single platform to secure every human identity from first authentication to the last privileged action.
The uncontrolled privilege gap is the dangerous seam between high-risk identities that are already protected by PAM and the rest of the workforce that operates without privilege controls. Because every human identity — marketing managers, developers and contractors alike — carries privilege based on the data and targets they touch, attackers exploit this gap to move laterally. Idira closes this gap by applying enterprise-grade privilege controls consistently across every human identity.
JIT is a mechanism that enables existing privileges for a set window, while ZSP is an operating model where identities have no entitlements by default. Under the ZSP model, context and risk are evaluated at the moment of need to create ephemeral privileges that exist only for the duration of a task. Once the work is finished, the privilege is destroyed automatically, leaving no standing credentials or persistent permissions for attackers to steal or reuse.
Fragmented tools were never a strategy, they were a patch job that created disconnected data models and policy engines. Attackers operate in the gaps between these silos, passing IAM controls while holding excessive entitlements that IGA hasn't reviewed. Consolidating these into Idira's unified operating model ensures discovery informs access control, and access control informs governance, creating a single continuous motion that stops identity-based attacks.
Zero trust is structurally impossible without a unified identity layer. Idira delivers the foundation for zero trust by evaluating every access request against real-time context, enforcing least privilege and assuming breach through continuous session monitoring. By unifying the identity layer, Idira ensures that zero trust principles are enforced consistently from the first authentication to the last privileged action across cloud, SaaS and on-premises environments.
Yes, Idira uses AI-driven lifecycle automation to grant the right access and govern it in real time. Joiner, mover and leaver events trigger automatic adjustments across entitlements and vaulted credentials simultaneously, preventing "identity security debt". AI profiles further reduce manual toil by analyzing behavior to define job-appropriate entitlements, cutting permissions requiring manual review by 75% while ensuring new users are provisioned in hours rather than days.
Privileged access management (PAM) is a security discipline that manages, controls and monitors elevated access to an organization’s most critical resources. While legacy PAM often focused only on IT admins, Idira establishes a next-generation identity security operating model that extends these enterprise-grade controls to every human identity that carries privilege — including developers, contractors and employees — securing them from first authentication to the last privileged action.
Vaulting involves storing sensitive credentials in a centralized, tamper-proof repository where they're encrypted and automatically rotated to prevent theft. Idira leverages these proven foundations and bridges them with modern just-in-time (JIT) and zero standing privilege (ZSP) workflows. This ensures that even for legacy applications that can't support modern federation, credentials are never handled by the user and are injected automatically at login to reduce the attack surface.
Idira applies consistent security principles across all identities, but uses risk-adaptive controls based on the target accessed. IT administrators often require deep session isolation and command-level monitoring for critical infrastructure. However, Idira eliminates the silo between "admin" and "standard" users by recognizing that every identity carries privilege. It secures everyone — IT admin or workforce employee — by ensuring they operate at least privilege by default and transition toward a zero standing privilege model.
Idira eliminates the need for risky, long-lived VPN connections and static accounts for third parties. Instead, it provides browser-based, agentless access that is isolated from your internal network. External identities receive just-in-time (JIT) access scoped strictly to the task at hand, with every session isolated and recorded for a complete audit trail. This ensures that third-party access — which accounts for nearly 29% of breaches — is governed with the same rigor as internal employee identities.
