Co-Managed Privileged Access Management
Stop 80% of breaches that exploit privileged accounts through comprehensive monitoring and control.
Apex-level protection for your crown jewels
Worried about insider threats in your mining operation, bank, or government department?
Our Co-Managed PAM solution protects like a lion—commanding authority over who enters your kingdom. We eliminate 100% of standing privileged accounts, stop insider threats in real-time, and help you meet JSE governance requirements. Trusted by South African mining giants and financial institutions.
Because your critical infrastructure needs a king’s protection.
- 80%* of breaches use privileged accounts
- 90%^ reduction in attack surface
- Zero standing privileges achieved
- Complete session recording
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*Source: *Forrester/Centrify survey and Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) |^ Source: Agentskill
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from the lion
The lion's territorial strategy
Lions rule the savannah through clear boundaries, hierarchical structures, and decisive protection. As apex predators, they maintain order and respond swiftly to threats. Their presence alone deters most threats—but when protection is needed, response is swift and overwhelming.

Your co-managed PAM challenge
Let's talk about what's happening in organisations:
Your database administrator leaves.
How many people know the "admin" password? Three? Five? Ten? Written on sticky note?
The answer: too many, and you don't really know.
An application service account created in 2015 with password "ServiceApp2015!" still has that password today.
It has domain admin rights because "it was easier." Nobody knows all dependent systems, so nobody dares change it.
A consultant needed temporary admin access six months ago. Project finished.
Consultant moved on.
Access remains.
They could log in right now.
A disgruntled sysadmin knows they're about to be fired.
Unrestricted access to customer databases, backups, system controls.
No monitoring of activities.
What could go wrong?
Real world impact**
**Figures are estimates and differ based on scenario.
How co-managed PAM works
Modern privileged access management provides five concentric layers of defence:
At the core, PAM securely stores all privileged credentials in encrypted vaults:
- Passwords never exposed to users or administrators
- Automatic credential rotation (daily, weekly, or after each use)
- Encrypted credential delivery for authorised sessions only
- Service account and API key management
- Emergency "break-glass" access with full audit trails
PAM enforces strict access policies:
- Just-in-time (JIT) access provisioning
- Time-limited sessions (access expires automatically)
- Approval workflows for high-risk systems
- Least privilege enforcement
- Separation of duties (no single person has complete control)
Every privileged action watched in real-time:
- Full session video recording
- Keystroke logging
- Command filtering and blocking
- Real-time surveillance dashboards
- Suspicious activity alerts
Advanced analytics identify anomalies:
- Behavioural analysis (detecting unusual patterns)
- Impossible travel detection (access from two distant locations simultaneously)
- Credential theft indicators
- Lateral movement detection (attackers moving between systems)
- Risk scoring for every session
Complete forensic capabilities:
- Searchable audit trails of all privileged activity
- Compliance reporting (PCI DSS, SOX, POPIA)
- Investigation tools for incident response
- Proof of security controls for auditors
- Executive risk dashboards
Benefits and differentiators
Real-world impact
**Figures are estimates and differ based on scenario.
A major South African bank
5,000+
privileged accounts secured across infrastructure
Monitored
all database administrator activities with full recording
Enforced
separation of duties for financial systems
Supported
PCI DSS and SWIFT CSP compliance
Result
Zero privileged account breaches in 4 years, passed 12 consecutive audits
co-managed PAM prevents
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JIT access limits credential exposure.
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Session monitoring detects lateral movement
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Automated response isolates compromised accounts before ransomware spreads.
- Session recording captures evidence.
- Behavioural analytics detect unusual data access patterns.
- Automated alerts trigger investigation before exfiltration completes.
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Credentials stored in vault never exposed
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Multi-factor authentication required
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Impossible travel detection flags suspicious attempts.
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Continuous monitoring detects unusual, privileged behaviour.
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Complete audit trails enable threat hunting.
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Session recording provides forensic evidence.
The co-managed advantage
Traditional PAM requires:
- You deploy and maintain infrastructure
- You staff 24/7 security operations
- You handle updates and patches
- High capital expenditure upfront
- Specialised co-managed PAM expertise on staff
Co-managed PAM provides
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We deploy and operate infrastructure
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Our 24/7 ROC monitors everything
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Automatic updates included
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Predictable operational expenditure
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No specialised staff required
The Altron Security advantage
The co-managed service roadmap
- Phase 1: Rapid business value - Privileged access risk posture analysis followed by the Securing local administrative accounts.
- Phase 2: Value realisation - Implement SHIELD, our pro-active health verification and PAM compliance tool. For a fixed period, nothing is out of scope, service accounts, application identity, web connectors - We onboard any privileged account.
- Phase 3: Co-managed PAM service (Ongoing) – 4x Service tiers according to what the customer wants to be accountable for and what we are accountable for - Bronze, Silver, Gold, Carbon.
