Netwrix Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Continuous discovery and cleanup
Ensure your privileged access environment is continuously inventoried and cleaned to prevent unmanaged accounts, unused rights, or shadow access paths.
Why Netwrix PAM for continuous discovery and cleanup?
Continuous scanning detects unmanaged privileged accounts and automatically removes excessive privileges.
Uncover hidden privileged assets
Modern PAM solutions automatically discover machines, service accounts, cloud identities, and other assets that often fly under the radar.
Prevent privilege creep and stale access
Without cleanup, privileged access grows unchecked. Continuous reviews and cleanup help enforce the principle of least privilege.
Maintain a lean attack surface
By removing unused accounts and excess rights, you minimize the number of entry points attackers can exploit.
Improve governance and audit readiness
With always-on discovery and cleanup, you maintain an up-to-date inventory and rights baseline — making audits easier and reducing risk.
Key features of continuous discovery and cleanup with Netwrix PAM
Example:
Initial scan uncovers hidden accounts
Netwrix Privilege Secure runs an automated scan across servers, cloud environments, and domain controllers. It detects several unmanaged local admin accounts and a forgotten service account still active on a legacy system.
Excess rights identified
Analysis shows that multiple user accounts have domain admin rights they no longer need. Some belong to employees who moved to different roles months ago. The system flags these as excessive permissions for review.
Policy-based cleanup initiated
Netwrix Privilege Secure automatically disables stale admin accounts and removes users from privileged groups based on predefined cleanup policies. Service owners are notified for review before final removal.
Continuous monitoring maintains hygiene
The platform continues to scan daily, identifying new accounts or access changes in real time. Any deviation from least-privilege policies triggers an alert and cleanup workflow.
Audit-ready inventory generated
A detailed report shows all discovered privileged accounts, rights removed, and current entitlements. The organization now maintains a clean, validated inventory that supports audits and reduces its attack surface.
Result
With Netwrix Privilege Secure, organizations maintain constant visibility into all privileged accounts, remove excess rights automatically, and stay audit-ready at any time. Continuous discovery and cleanup minimize the attack surface and keep privileged access under control without adding agents or complexity.
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"With Netwrix Privilege Secure we implemented privileged access management for our critical systems in days instead of months and it seamlessly integrated with our current systems and security controls."
Craig Larsen, Information Systems Administrator
Eastern Carver County Schools