ManageEngine Adds Native Intelligence And Advanced Automation Capabilities To Its Unified PAM Platform
The Company's Unified PAM Platform, PAM360, Now Offers AI-Governed Cloud Access Policies and Qntrl-Powered Task Automation for Identity-Centric Routines.
ManageEngine introduces AI-powered enhancements in PAM360's CIEM module to strengthen cloud access governance
The native privileged task automation feature helps to automate enterprise workflows with zero-touch efficiency
ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corporation and a leading provider of enterprise IT management solutions, today announced that it has added AI-powered enhancements—featuring intelligent least privilege access and risk remediation policy recommendations—to its privileged access management platform, PAM360. A new privileged task automation module enabled by Qntrl, Zoho's unified workflow orchestration platform, has also been introduced. Together, these newly added capabilities help enterprises automate enterprise-wide administrative routines, enforce least privilege at scale with intelligent, context-aware controls and reduce security risks through automated remediation.
AI-Governed Least Privilege Access
Traditional PAM models, which rely on static policies and manual processes, often operate without sufficient context. This can result in excessive permissions, entitlement drift, and configuration errors. To address these challenges, organisations should adopt an adaptive, context-driven approach to privileged access management—one that leverages AI to enable dynamic, risk-based access control. In fact, according to ManageEngine's 2024 Identity Security Insights, 68 per cent of the respondents are looking for AI-driven improvements in risk-based access control.
'Today's hybrid, multi-cloud environments have led to an explosion of human and non-human identities, creating complex access workflows and rampant privilege sprawl. To tackle this, organisations require dynamic policies that can intelligently enforce the principle of least privilege across their identity stack. With the AI-driven CIEM module in PAM360, IT security teams can now generate intelligent least privilege policies, proactively flag risky entitlements and automate remediation, helping enterprises close critical identity security gaps before they're exploited,' said Ramanathan Kannabiran, director of product management at ManageEngine.
PAM360's CIEM module now features AI-generated least privilege policies, automated remediation of shadow admin risks and real-time access and session summaries. These AI-driven capabilities help organisations proactively tackle access sprawl and misconfigurations in hybrid environments with minimal manual effort.
Orchestrating Privileged Operations With Zero-Touch Controls
Business workflows that leverage RPA and script-based automation often rely on manual access provisioning, resulting in delayed execution and increased overheads, leading to potential security gaps. Modern IT teams need dynamic controls that can streamline on-demand access within these automated workflows and strengthen the security posture of the organisation.
According to Kannabiran, 'Privileged task automation in PAM360 eliminates the need for administrators to manually grant and revoke necessary access privileges for every automated routine. Access is provisioned just in time, based on the task context, and revoked automatically once the task ends. This not only preserves admin bandwidth, but also reduces the risk of privilege misuse caused by excessive or standing access.'
Powered by Qntrl, PAM360 brings native automation capabilities that eliminate the need for third-party tools. Its deep integration within the Zoho ecosystem enables seamless orchestration of privileged access workflows—enhancing efficiency without compromising security.
PAM360 streamlines vendor access with automated onboarding and offboarding, provisions ephemeral, just-in-time access with fine-grained, time-bound controls, and ensures a secure, hands-free transfer of privileged data—delivering speed, consistency and reduced risk across the board.
About ManageEngine PAM360
PAM360 is ManageEngine's unified privileged access management platform that helps IT teams enforce strict governance on access pathways to critical corporate assets. With a holistic approach to privileged access security, PAM360 caters to core PAM requirements and facilitates contextual integration with multiple other IT management tools, resulting in deeper insights, meaningful inferences, and quicker remedies. More than 5,000 global organizations and over one million administrators trust PAM360 with their PAM needs. To learn more about PAM360 and its enterprise-ready capabilities, please visit https://mnge.it/pam360.
About ManageEngine
ManageEngine is a division of Zoho Corporation and a leading provider of IT management solutions for organizations across the world. With a powerful, flexible, and AI-powered digital enterprise management platform, we help businesses get their work done from anywhere and everywhere—better, safer, and faster. To learn more, visit www.manageengine.com.
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