Privilege Management

Definitions

1. The processes and controls used to grant, restrict, elevate, monitor, and revoke powerful permissions for users and systems. Privilege management aims to reduce standing access, control just-in-time elevation, and make abuse or misuse of elevated rights easier to detect.

   In plain English: Managing who gets elevated access, when they get it, and how it is controlled.

   Example: "The endpoint privilege management rollout let staff install approved tools without permanently making them local administrators."

Related Terms

• Administrative Privilege
• Allowlist
• Deny by Default
• Endpoint Privilege Management
• Least Authority
• Minimum Privilege
• Overprivileged
• Permission Abuse
• Principle of Least Privilege
• Privilege Audit