Foundations — PAM concepts

Start here. These pages explain Privileged Access Management (PAM) from first principles — the why before the how of any specific product. No prior security background assumed.

#	Page	What you'll learn
1	What is PAM?	Privileged access, why PAM exists, the PAM pillars, where it sits in the security stack
2	Privileged accounts & credentials	Account types (admin, root, service, A2A, break-glass…), credential types, and their risks
3	PAM threat landscape	The attack chain, credential attacks (Pass-the-Hash, Kerberoasting…), MITRE ATT&CK mapping, how PAM mitigates
4	Core concepts: least privilege, JIT, Zero Trust	PoLP, Just-In-Time access, Zero Standing Privileges, SoD, four-eyes, vaulting, break-glass
5	PAM vs IAM, IGA, IDaaS, EPM	Disambiguating the identity "acronym soup" and where WALLIX products fit
6	PAM market landscape	Analyst frameworks (Gartner MQ, KuppingerCole) and how WALLIX is positioned vs competitors

➡️ Next: the prerequisites (sysadmin → cyber skill bridge), then the WALLIX product portfolio.