8 posts tagged with "pam"

Enterprise PAM evaluation in Europe in 2026 is not the same decision it was in 2022. The EU NIS2 Directive has been in force since January 2023; Poland's national transposition (UKSC) entered into force in April 2026, with a compliance deadline of April 2027 for in-scope entities. GDPR enforcement is accelerating. The question is no longer just "which PAM has the best features" — it is "which PAM can I actually rely on for EU regulatory compliance, and which one keeps my data in Europe." This article compares five leading PAM platforms across four dimensions that matter most for European enterprise buyers: architecture, EU security posture, pricing model, and fit for RDP-heavy infrastructure.

SOC 2 Type II readiness is a marathon. Most organizations get through the policy documentation, the vendor risk questionnaires, and the network segmentation diagrams without too much pain. Then they hit CC6 — Logical and Physical Access Controls — and the audit gets difficult.

CC6 is where auditors spend the most time and where companies most often receive exceptions. It covers who has access to your systems, how that access is controlled, how it is monitored, and how it is reviewed. If your privileged access management answer is "we use VPN plus RDP with shared admin credentials," you are not going to pass.

Here is exactly what CC6 requires, what auditors ask for, and how to produce the evidence.