Symantec Privileged Access Management

Hi,

I am new to CA PAM. What is the main working of CA PAM server Control? Why do we require it?

This forum is for DevTest/CA Service Virtualization. What you are looking for is PAM=Privileged Access Manager. which is not this forum. Here is the link to CA PAM: https://www.ca.com/content/dam/ca/us/files/data-sheet/ca-privileged-access-manager-server-control.pdf 

Melanie_Giuliani - can this be moved to the appropriate forum?

Thanks!

It's been moved. Thanks!

Hi Shabahz,

Our Implementation Guide has a good explanation of what PAMSC achieves. You can find the link below.

Plan Your Enterprise Implementation - CA Privileged Access Manager Server Control - 14.0 - CA Technologies Documentation 

To explain it further, PAMSC has three primary components: the PAMSC endpoint, UNAB, and Enterprise Management.

The PAMSC Endpoint: The PAMSC endpoint audits usage on a server and enforces security rules to restrict access to sensitive files/programs. It is a second layer of security on top of OS-level controls.

Unix Authentication Broker (UNAB): This component will allow for LDAP authentication on Linux/Unix servers.

Enterprise Management: This is the component that allows for central management of both PAMSC and UNAB endpoints.

If you decide to use PAMSC, you can integrate it with PAM so when a user logs into a target device with PAMSC on it, they will be audited as the user's login name rather than the target account.

CA Privileged Access Manager Server Control Login Integration - CA Privileged Access Manager - 3.2 - CA Technologies Doc… 

Please let me know if you have any follow-up questions.

Kind Regards,

Brian Rehder

Senior Support Engineer

CA Technologies

Hi Brian,

To some extent it got resolved, Thanks!

Can I get some best practises to be followed while implementing fresh CA PAM?

Best Regards,
Shahbaz Shaikh