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Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager

Any identity can be privileged. 96% of human identities operate with access beyond what their roles require. Extend Zero Trust to every endpoint to eliminate standing admin rights, shrink the attack surface, and stop breaches at the source.

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Challenges

Hidden risks that undermine your endpoint defenses

Identity is the primary vector in 90% of breaches. Overprivileged users and standing admin rights undermine detection tools and stall Zero Trust. Building resilience requires closing these gaps with automated, policy-driven least privilege.
Persistent attack surface
Persistent attack surface

Persistent attack surface

Local admin rights and excessive permissions invite attackers. One compromised endpoint enables lateral movement, leading to a total breach.
Explore risks
Security vs. productivity gridlock
Security vs. productivity gridlock

Security vs. productivity gridlock

Removing admin rights stalls productivity, while blanket approvals break security. You shouldn't have to choose.
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Policy gaps and tool sprawl
Policy gaps and tool sprawl

Policy gaps and tool sprawl

Managing diverse endpoints and servers causes inconsistent policies, reporting gaps, and costly, complex tool sprawl.
Unify controls
Rising audit and insurance pressures
Rising audit and insurance pressures

Rising audit and insurance pressures

Failing to prove least privilege triggers audit failures, noncompliance penalties, and soaring insurance premiums.
Improve compliance
SOLUTIONS

Secure endpoints and servers with intelligent privilege controls

Idira™ Endpoint Privilege Manager reduces attack surfaces by replacing standing admin rights with granular, just-in-time elevation, securing your environment while maintaining seamless business velocity.
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Proactively reduce cyber risk

Stop attacks at the source by removing the privileges they depend on. Idira replaces standing admin rights with policy-based, just-in-time elevation for specific applications and tasks. This zero trust approach defuses threats and secures endpoints and servers with intelligent privilege controls.

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Achieve continuous compliance

Move from reactive, last-minute audit preparation to a state of continuous, provable compliance. Idira provides an audit trail of privileged activity on endpoints and servers, making it simple to demonstrate compliance and pass audits for frameworks like NIST, PCI DSS and ISO.

Strengthen compliance
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Drive operational efficiency

Free your IT and security teams from the burden of manual privilege management. Idira allows you to automate the process with policy-based elevations, boosting efficiency across the board and reducing the number of privilege-related tickets.

Boost efficiency

Strengthen business resilience

Build a security foundation that adapts to changing risks without halting business operations. When an incident is detected, your SOC can respond to cyberthreats faster and more surgically by using granular, identity-based controls to contain the threat without taking the entire system offline.

Build resilience
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KEY CAPABILITIES & FEATURES

How we secure every identity at the endpoint

We deliver intelligent privilege controls that are foundational to a modern zero trust architecture. Idira EPM helps remove unnecessary privileges, control and ring fence applications and stop attackers before they can establish a foothold, all while remaining transparent to the end user.
How we secure every identity at the endpoint.

Policy-based privilege elevation

Elevate privileges on demand for approved applications and tasks, transparently to the user. The user never becomes a full admin, which helps minimize the risk.

Secure Identity
  • 274%

    average ROI over 3 years.

  • 74%

    reduction in overprivileged accounts on average.

  • 40%

    fewer tickets for privilege elevation.

Benefits & Values

Real results from the identity security leader

Boost efficiency and security. IDC’s Business Value Assessment of Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager shows customers achieve measurable results and cost savings that impact the bottom line.

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CUSTOMERS

Trusted by global leaders to secure their most critical assets

The world’s leading organizations trust Palo Alto Networks to protect their identities and secure access from the endpoint to the cloud. We are proud to partner with them on their identity security journey.
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Buyer's Guide to Managing Endpoint Privileges
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How Idira Endpoint Privilege Management Fulfills Federal Mandates
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How Idira Endpoint Privilege Management Fulfills Federal Mandates
Local Admin Rights: Your Biggest Cyber Vulnerability
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Local Admin Rights: Your Biggest Cyber Vulnerability
Enhance Your Security by Extending Zero Trust and Identity Security
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Modernizing Linux Identity - Breaking the Legacy Directory Trap
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Strengthen IT Compliance with Endpoint Identity Security
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Bridging Security Gaps with Defense-in-Depth Tackling Vulnerabilities of Siloed Security
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The Importance of Identity Security in Zero Trust Endpoint Defense
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The Importance of Identity Security in Zero Trust Endpoint Defense
Why No User Should Have Local Admin Rights
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Why Implementing Identity Security Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
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Skeleton Keys and Local Admin Passwords: A Cautionary Tale
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Skeleton Keys and Local Admin Passwords: A Cautionary Tale
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Idira endpoint privilege manager

Idira Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM) is a privilege elevation and delegation management (PEDM, aka Endpoint PAM) solution that provides critical building blocks for a mature endpoint security solution/stack, helping organizations reduce the risk of cyberattacks by managing and securing privileges on endpoints like desktops, laptops and servers. It enforces the principle of least privilege by removing excessive user permissions (like local admin rights) and controlling which applications can run and what actions they can perform.
EPM strengthens security by removing local admin rights across Windows, macOS and Linux. It replaces standing privileges with policy-based elevation for authorized processes. The solution integrates AD bridging to centralize Linux identities, helps securely sign into endpoints with passwordless options and provides SOC response capabilities via granular privilege restrictions rather than full-machine isolation. EPM also uses application ringfencing to block "living off the land" attacks and helps maintain least privilege for agentic AI toolchains.
Idira EPM is an integral part of Idira Identity Security Platform:
  • True microservice-based cloud solution.
  • Single management console and single agent.
  • Thousands of real implementations, protecting the largest organizations worldwide.
  • Out-of-the-box templates, policies and frameworks to get you up and running in no time.
  • Idira Blueprint and Success Path frameworks operationalize best practices and streamline implementation.
  • Repeatedly recognized by industry analysts as a leading solution.
Idira EPM provides protection for workstations and servers running on Windows, Windows Server, macOS and Linux.
EPM offers a comprehensive set of features to secure your endpoints:
  • Local admin rights removal: Securely removes standing administrator privileges from users to minimize risk.
  • Least privilege enforcement: Ensures users and applications only have the permissions necessary to perform their roles.
  • Application control: Uses comprehensive, flexible, policy-based controls with granular ringfencing to allow, elevate, block or restrict applications. Unknown applications can be run in “Restricted Mode” (ring fenced) to prevent them from accessing sensitive resources or the internet.
  • Just-in-time (JIT) elevation: Allows users to request temporary, audited access to elevated privileges for specific applications or tasks when needed, without granting permanent admin rights.
  • Secure endpoint sign-in: Enables signing in against an IdP with modern MFA options including passwordless.
  • Linux Sudo Management and Identity Bridge: Centralizes and simplifies the management of sudo commands on Linux systems to enforce role-specific least privilege at scale. Integrates Linux with centralized accounts in Active Directory (AD bridging) and cloud identity providers via open industry protocols (Identity Bridge)
  • Identity- and privilege-based SOC response options: Act as an enforcement engine for XDR and NetSec to demote users and verify identity instead of isolating the endpoint.
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