According to Gartner, by 2022, 90% of organizations will recognize that mitigation of Privileged Access Management (PAM) risk is a fundamental security control, which is an increase from 70% today. Privileged accounts are the keys to the IT kingdom since they can provide the authenticated user with almost limitless privileged access rights across an organization's most critical systems and data. Part I of the PAM course provides an overview of the privileges, how are they created, granted, etc., and the benefits of privileged access management.

You will learn about privileged accounts, the types of privileged accounts, the privileged service accounts, privilege-related risks, and challenges. The course enhances knowledge in the areas of privileged threat vectors (external and internal), how hackers compromise the privileged accounts and study the privilege access management best practices.

In this course, you will be asked to read through lessons, participate in learning activities, and partake in knowledge checks designed to reinforce learning, followed by the end of the course final assessment.