Privileged Access Management (PAM) for Network Devices Solution

Privileged Access Management for Network Devices

Routers, switches, and firewalls are usually managed by the network team alone, through a TACACS+ or RADIUS deployment nobody else touches. StrongDM brings network devices into the same identity-aware, Just-in-Time access layer as your servers, databases, and cloud, so network access stops being the one system your security team audits on its own.

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One Identity Layer, Not Two

The device keeps its command controls. The login stops being local.

TACACS+ and RADIUS secure the network device itself. They were never built to give you per-user, Just-in-Time access or session-level forensics across everything else you run. StrongDM leaves your device-side command controls in place. It replaces the standing local accounts and shared logins network teams fall back on for everyday access, and puts every session into the same audit trail as your servers and databases.

Know Exactly Who Changed the Config, and When

Every session recorded in full, from login to logout.

A single bad config push can take down a network segment. StrongDM issues Just-in-Time access for network device sessions, and policy can require an MFA challenge or restrict access by geography before the session opens. Every session is recorded in full, so when a change causes an incident, the replay is already there instead of a gap in the logs.

Write the Policy Once. It Covers the Switches Too.

The rule that governs your production database governs the router in front of it.

Network hardware usually gets its own rules, written in its own syntax, maintained by whoever owns the TACACS+ server. StrongDM applies the same real-time, policy-based control to a router that it applies to a production database, so a rule about who gets privileged access, and when, is written once. When it changes, it changes in one place.

Built for the Way Your Team Works

Compliance-Ready

When a review comes around, auditors get one trail that already includes network hardware, instead of a separate export from the network team.

Coexists with Your Device-Side Command Controls

If you rely on TACACS+ command sets to control what a network admin can type at the CLI, keep them. StrongDM takes over the layer above: who gets a session, when, and for how long.

Extends Your Existing PAM Investment

If your organization already vaults credentials and manages privileged accounts with a tool like Delinea Secret Server, StrongDM adds Just-in-Time, policy-based access to network hardware on top of that investment instead of asking you to replace it.