Privileged Access Management refers to a category of tools that help protect, administer, track, and monitor privileged access to sensitive assets. In order to accomplish these objectives, PAM solutions usually take passwords from privileged accounts – i.e., admin accounts – and position them in a secure registry (a vault) that isolates the use of privileged accounts to minimize the risk of stealing those credentials. Once within the registry, system admins can view their credentials only via the PAM program— at this point they are authorized and signed in to their respective accounts. Through consolidating classified credentials at one location, PrivilegedAccess Management can provide them with a high degree of protection, regulate who accesses them, record all accesses, and immediately track down any suspicious behavior. PAM can have following sub-categories Shared access password manager (SAPM) Superuser password manager (SUPM) Privileged sess