Privileged users can change system configurations, install software, create or modify other user accounts and access secure data.

CeBIT devoted a great deal to IT security and internal threat management

The CeBIT 2016 rebranded itself as “innovation fair”, but it is no surprise that IT security and human behaviour in the digital world have been major concerns at the former computer trade show. IT security interests have escalated in the past few years and numerous astonishing security breach examples have surfaced.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) is usually discussed in the contexts of IT or information security. This makes sense. Precise, auditable management of information systems access is an inherently technical matter.