Journey into the Identity Space and Leading a Team of Consultants in Privilege Access Management

Crystal Trawny, Optiv’s Practice Director, Privileged Account and Endpoint Privilege Management (PAM/EPM), joins host David Puner in exploring the ever-evolving identity landscape and how emerging threats impact organizations’ cybersecurity requirements. Through the eyes of an end user, Trawny shares best practices for overcoming change resistance, creating effective deployment timelines and avoiding scope creep. This episode maps the correlation between critical program elements – such as robust endpoint privilege management and dynamic access controls – and privileged access management (PAM) maturity. In the face of complexity and ransomware, insider threats and other sophisticated cyberattacks, organizations can use these insights to help assess their current strategy and chart a course for success.