Vault architecture and deployment
High availability vault topology, disaster recovery design, component sizing and hardened build execution.
PAM PRACTICE
Privileged access engineering: vault it, rotate it, record it, prove it
CyberArk, Delinea, BeyondTrust and HashiCorp Vault specialists delivering credential brokering, session isolation, just-in-time elevation, break-glass design and endpoint privilege control.
14
PAM engineers
CDE
Credentialed
6
Regulated estates
48h
Profile SLA
PAM bench snapshotAVAILABLE
Certified PAM engineers14
CyberArkSentry + CDE
EPM rolloutsFleet scale
Typical start48-72 hours
EngagementContract or pod
VAULT-READY
INSIDE THE PRACTICE
CyberArk and BeyondTrust engineers who vault first, ask questions never
Privileged session isolation, credential rotation and just-in-time elevation are unforgiving to get wrong. Our PAM bench is built around engineers who have owned a vault in production, not lab exercises.
PRACTICE CAPABILITIES
What our PAM engineers deliver
Every capability below is staffed by engineers who have executed it in a production enterprise estate.
Credential rotation at scale
Platform configuration, CPM tuning, dependency mapping and rotation rollout without breaking application authentication.
Session isolation and recording
Proxy-based session management, keystroke and video recording, live monitoring and privileged session review workflow.
Just-in-time elevation
Standing access elimination, time-bound elevation workflows, approval integration and ephemeral credential brokering.
Endpoint privilege management
Local admin removal, application control policy, elevation rules and phased rollout across workstation and server fleets.
Break-glass and resilience
Emergency access design, offline recovery procedure, tested drills and audit-defensible documentation.
SUB-SERVICE CATALOGUE
PAM sub-services
Select any sub-service to open a pre-filled enquiry. Your requirement is emailed to our practice desk for same-day response.
CyberArk PAS implementation
Vault, CPM, PSM, PVWA and PTA deployment, safe design, platform onboarding and hardening.
CyberArk EPM rollout
Endpoint privilege manager policy design, phased local admin removal and application control tuning.
Delinea Secret Server
Deployment, secret onboarding, RPC configuration, session recording and integration engineering.
BeyondTrust Password Safe and PRA
Deployment, vendor remote access design, session management and workflow configuration.
HashiCorp Vault
Dynamic secrets, auth method design, PKI engine, policy authoring and application integration patterns.
Legacy PAM migration
Migration between PAM platforms with account discovery, safe mapping and parallel-run validation.
Privileged account discovery
Estate-wide discovery of privileged, service and orphaned accounts with ownership mapping.
Onboarding waves
Structured account and safe onboarding campaigns with business engagement and rotation validation.
Service account rationalisation
Dependency mapping, ownership assignment, rotation enablement and elimination of hardcoded credentials.
Application credential removal
Replacing embedded secrets in scripts and applications with brokered or dynamic credentials.
Session review operations
Recorded session sampling, anomaly review and evidence packaging for audit.
PAM health check and upgrade
Version upgrade planning, configuration review, performance tuning and resilience testing.
Embedded PAM architect
Design authority for vault topology, tiering model and programme-level privilege strategy.
PAM implementation squad
A build team executing deployment and onboarding waves against agreed throughput targets.
Managed PAM operations
Offshore pod handling onboarding requests, rotation failures, session review and incident support.
Break-glass assurance programme
Scheduled drills, documentation refresh and independent verification of emergency access.
PAM audit remediation
Closing audit findings on standing access, rotation gaps and session recording coverage.
CyberArk certification training
Closed cohort training and CDE preparation for your internal operations team.
DELIVERY PATTERN
How PAM engagements typically run
A repeatable sequence refined across hundreds of deployments.
1
Discovery
Automated and manual discovery of privileged accounts, dependencies and existing controls across the estate.
2
Tiering and design
Account tiering model, safe structure, access workflow and high availability architecture, peer reviewed before build.
3
Build and harden
Platform deployment, hardening to vendor and CIS guidance, integration with directory, SIEM and ITSM.
4
Pilot onboarding
A controlled first wave, typically domain admin and critical infrastructure, with rotation validation.
5
Scaled onboarding
Wave-based onboarding with business owner engagement, break-fix support and progress reporting.
6
Operate and prove
Session review cadence, rotation monitoring, break-glass drills and audit evidence generation.
COMMON QUESTIONS
PAM questions we are asked most
Dependency mapping comes before rotation. We identify every consumer of a credential, stage rotation in non-production, and enable rotation per platform only after validation.
Yes. A managed PAM operations pod handling onboarding requests, rotation failures and session review is one of our most common pod shapes.
Yes, including Sentry and Certified Delivery Engineer credential holders. Certification status is listed on every submission pack.
We design vendor remote access using session proxies with recording and time-bound approval, removing VPN-based standing access.
RAPID TALENT MOBILISATION
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