Use cases

Four Pillars of Privileged Access

A complete PAM+ toolkit covering the full lifecycle of privileged credentials — from identity verification to authorization, credential lifecycle and complete audit accountability.

Multi-Layer Identity Verification

Every access request starts with robust identity verification. GuardVault integrates with your existing IdP, enforces multi-factor authentication and supports every major enterprise protocol so no user ever reaches a privileged asset with a single-factor credential.

  • LDAP / AD integration and automatic user sync
  • SSO via OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML 2.0 and CAS
  • TOTP and WebAuthn (FIDO2) MFA enforcement
  • IP whitelist and time-window restrictions
  • Just-in-time user provisioning with attribute mapping
  • Group-to-role sync evaluated on every login
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Industry playbooks

One platform, every privileged workflow

MSP / MSSP

Multi-tenant PAM+ for managed service providers

Run isolated tenants per customer with dedicated vaults, RBAC and audit trails while sharing one operational control plane. Bill per active asset or per admin.

  • 100+ tenants on a single cluster
  • 60% lower onboarding time
  • Per-tenant SOC 2 evidence packs
Financial services

SOX, PCI-DSS and dual-control for banks

Four-eyes approvals on production access, immutable session recording and DBA activity monitoring on core banking databases with dynamic PAN masking.

  • Every prod session recorded & signed
  • Zero standing DB privileges
  • PCI-DSS 8.x controls automated
Healthcare

HIPAA-grade access to EHR and PHI systems

PHI columns masked at the proxy, break-glass with dual-unseal for on-call staff and full audit chains ready for HHS OCR investigations.

  • PHI never leaves the proxy
  • Break-glass with dual-control
  • Retention & DSR automation
Retail & e-commerce

Change windows for peak-season stability

Deny risky DDL and mass exports outside change windows, require ITSM tickets for production access and stream every event into Splunk/Datadog.

  • Freeze windows enforced at proxy
  • Ticket-bound approvals
  • Real-time SIEM streaming
Cloud-native

Just-in-time cloud console & kubectl

Broker federated access to AWS/Azure/GCP consoles and issue ephemeral kubeconfigs bound to reviewer approvals — no long-lived IAM users.

  • Zero long-lived cloud creds
  • Ephemeral kubeconfigs
  • Role brokering with TTL
OT & industrial

Segmented access to OT and jump hosts

Bastion access to segmented OT networks with command filtering on switches and firewalls, and full replay for incident response.

  • Air-gapped bastions
  • Command-level AAA
  • Forensic replay for ICS incidents
By persona

Built for both sides of the vault

IT admins

Onboard hundreds of assets, rotate credentials on schedule and delegate access without sharing secrets.

Security teams

Enforce zero-trust access, get real-time alerts on risky commands and hand auditors signed evidence.

Developers & DBAs

Request JIT access with a click, work in your native clients (SSH, DBeaver, MSTSC) and forget passwords exist.

Auditors & GRC

Search by user, asset, command or keystroke and export cryptographically signed session bundles.

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