#128 Why “Just Give Me Admin” Is the Most Dangerous Request in IT

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The episode discusses the dangers of treating Privileged Access Management as merely a compliance requirement in IT security.

In this episode of The Dutch Kubernetes Podcast, Ronald and Jan are joined by Maurice Côté, VP of Products at Devolutions, to talk about one of the most misunderstood topics in modern IT security: Privileged Access Management (PAM). Too often, PAM is treated as a compliance checkbox. Something you buy because an auditor, insurer, or regulation tells you to. Maurice explains why that mindset is dangerous — and why access itself has become one of the biggest attack surfaces in today’s infrastr...

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Hosts: Ronald Kers, Jan Stomphorst

Guest: Maurice Côté

Topics covered

• Privileged Access Management
• IT security
• access control
• cybersecurity
• compliance

Keywords

• Privileged Access Management
• IT security
• access control
• cybersecurity
• compliance
• attack surfaces

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Organizations: Devolutions

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