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CyberArk’s Privilege Cloud

  • Writer: Kanchan Khatri
    Kanchan Khatri
  • Aug 6
  • 2 min read

Updated: Aug 27

CyberArk's Privilege Cloud
CyberArk's Privilege Cloud

In today’s digital era, machine identities outnumber human identities in the ratio of 80:1. With this, security threats are challenging organizations by targeting their sensitive data and access at a rate like never before. To help prevent these attacks, CyberArk’s Privilege Cloud is the top choice by leaders in the PAM market.


To know what makes CyberArk’s Privilege Cloud dominate 38% of the PAM market, we need to understand its architecture.


What Makes CyberArk’s Privilege Cloud the Market Leader?


Privilege Cloud utilizes a two-leg architecture, separating the customer's environment from the CyberArk-managed cloud backend, which looks like this:


Customer Environment


Includes the customer's domain, machines configured to CyberArk security guidelines, and on-premises Privilege Cloud components accessed via the Windows Connector (or Unix Connector).


Key components within the connector are:


  • Privilege Session Manager (PSM): Proxies remote access for secure and monitored privileged sessions.

  • Central Policy Manager (CPM): Automates password management and enforces organizational policies.

  • Secure Tunnel Client: This helps in establishing secure connections to LDAP and SIEM servers, along with offering an additional feature of offline access.


CyberArk Cloud Backend 


It centrally secures credentials along with supporting essential security features, various user applications, and the main backend services that include:


  • Privilege Cloud Portal: User interface for managing users, safes, accounts, targets, and monitoring sessions.

  • Privilege Cloud (Vault): Securely stores, manages, and logs privileged passwords and SSH keys.


CyberArk maintains and upgrades all cloud backend components and services.


Conclusion


The two-leg architecture, which separates the user environment from the cloud backend, has helped the CyberArk Privilege Cloud to strengthen the PAM strategy of organizations. This smart design is helping organizations stay one step ahead of the growing security threats.


While organizations concentrate on their growth, we at IDMEXPRESS are focused on cyberproofing them by providing 24/7 managed services. If you are looking for a managed service partner, contact us today to secure your tomorrow.




Source:

CyberArk's 2025 Identity Security Landscape report


 
 
 

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