Remote access, which is essential for modern collaboration, represents a major cybersecurity vulnerability. This is why it is necessary to secure it permanently using a Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution that controls, tracks, and protects all privileged access.
When mobility and co-management become a risk.
In a world where remote working and hybrid environments have become the norm, remote access is essential for maintaining optimal productivity.
Whether they are administrators, service providers, external contractors, or partners, they all need access to your critical systems in order to operate, sometimes from public networks or personal devices.
But while every remote connection is a necessity for your employees, it also represents an opportunity for a potential attacker.
Indeed, poorly controlled access can open the door to a large-scale cyberattack and compromise your entire infrastructure.
This raises the following question: why is remote access so sensitive and why is it crucial to secure it in a sustainable way?
The answer is clear: due to their use, remote access often gives elevated privileges to system administrator accounts, databases, and critical applications, which are prime targets for cybercriminals.
In concrete terms, these attacks can result, for example, from the following situations:
- A subcontractor uses their own computer to access your systems. If this terminal is infected with malware, it becomes a vector of attack on your network.
- A service provider makes critical changes (configuration, data deletion) without recording sessions. In the event of an incident, it is impossible to know who did what or to prove compliance.
- Unsecure password sharing: credentials are circulated by email or instant messaging, without encryption or traceability
These scenarios are common and can lead to serious consequences such as ransomware, sabotage, theft of sensitive data, or even a complete shutdown of production.
How can you secure your remote access?
Although essential, securing this access presents a number of challenges that need to be addressed:
- Increase in third-party access: partners, subcontractors, consultants... how can you ensure that they comply with your policies?
- Lack of visibility: who is connecting, when, and with what level of privilege?
- Lack of traceability: it is impossible to prove compliance or analyze an incident without reliable logs.
To achieve this security, there is an effective solution that we at Shinka IT are implementing to support you in this process: Privileged Access Management (PAM)
PAM is an approach that consists of controlling, securing, and tracking all privileged access, whether internal or external.
In concrete terms, a PAM service allows you to:
- Perform centralized management of privileged identities: no more shared or stored passwords in plain text.
- Establish secure and isolated sessions: remote connections pass through an encrypted gateway, without direct exposure of credentials.
- Achieve complete traceability: session logging, action auditing, alerts in case of suspicious behavior.
- Establish the principle of least privilege: each user is granted only the rights they need, for a limited period of time.
In short, privileged access is the key to your information system. In the event of an attack, a single compromised account can be enough to tip the balance and compromise the integrity of your business.
By investing in a PAM solution, you will:
- Drastically reduce the risk of intrusion.
- Ensure regulatory compliance (NIS2, ISO 27001).
- Strengthen trust with your partners and customers.
Call on our IT infrastructure experts today and secure your remote access with our customized solutions.