Use Case
Privileged access management security
Control privileged accounts without disrupting admin workflows. With UserLock, secure privileged access and stop lateral movement with granular access policies at the logon and beyond.
Reduce the risk of privileged access abuse
Protecting privileged identities like domain admins, service accounts, and IT staff often creates friction or overhead. But admin and elevated accounts are high-value targets.
If threat actors compromise them, they can change configurations, access sensitive data, or move laterally across systems.
Native Active Directory alone falls short, leaving IT teams to cobble together strong access governance. This results in:
Paying for multiple access security solutions
Significant management overhead for IT
Security gaps between legacy systems and cloud-based identity platforms
How UserLock enables privileged access management
Bring modern privileged access management (PAM) controls to on-premises and hybrid Active Directory setups. With UserLock, you can:
Ensure privileged accounts can only logon in the right conditions
Limit privilege escalation and lateral movement
Log all privileged account access
Report on administrator actions and configuration changes
No hardware dependencies, no cloud migration, just PAM security that works.
Comprehensive privileged access protection
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Enforce MFA on all privileged accounts
Protect privileged access with strong authentication that doesn’t slow down your IT team. Enforce more frequent MFA for high-risk users and session types. Apply a second factor of authentication to both interactive sessions and UAC (user account control) prompts.
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Extend strong authentication to SaaS access
Enable single sign-on (SSO) for AD identities to extend on-prem authentication from local systems to SaaS resources. Users enter their password once at login, complete strong authentication, and gain access to SaaS apps.
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Apply contextual access controls
Define contextual conditions around every privileged login and enforce the principle of least privilege. Control when, where and how admins gain access.
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Monitor and manage logon sessions
Monitor privileged sessions as they happen and take immediate action if necessary.
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Audit privileged account access
Get accurate insights on all AD account access with tamper-proof, searchable audit logs.
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Report on all access
Prove you can watch the watchers with UserLock’s reports on administrator actions and configuration changes. Meet compliance requirements by showing that no critical change goes unnoticed, and identity security extends even to admins.
Why IT teams choose UserLock for privileged access management (PAM) security
Easy to use MFA at the sign-in screen
Add hardware, TOTP, or push-based MFA at the Windows credential provider level. Verify interactive logons and UAC prompt requests.
Enforce least privilege and secure privileged accounts
No need to complicate infrastructure or manage separate access controls for admins and end users.
Privileged account access
Reduce attack surface without slowing down admins' workflows.
Enforce session timeouts
Lock idle sessions to prevent unauthorized use of active admin sessions.
Alert IT and security teams
Set up alerts to receive alerts on abnormal privileged access events or policy changes in real time.
Report on privileged access
Bring together all admin access, UAC prompts, session history, administrative actions, and UserLock policy configuration changes in a clear, filterable audit trail.
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Privileged access management for Windows Active Directory domain
Privileged access management (PAM) for Windows Active Directory domain accounts isn't always easy. That’s where UserLock comes in, making it easier to protect any account with privileged access while also enhancing the security of all privileged accounts.
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Setting up jump server with multi-factor authentication for a financial institution
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Least privilege and the value of managing all user logons
With the rampant misuse of user credentials. the principle of least privilege (PoLP) encourages managing access for all users, not just privileged accounts.
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