Krontech SingleConnect

Digital transformation is expanding organizations’ attack surfaces through initiatives like digital workplace, DevOps, security automation, and IoT, creating new risks that must be managed without disrupting the business. Privileged Access Management (PAM) is positioned as a critical set of controls to reduce risks tied to privileged access, especially because privileged accounts often enable unrestricted, insufficiently monitored access that undermines least privilege and weakens accountability. Two privileged user categories are emphasized: privileged business users who access sensitive business data (HR, payroll, finance, IP) through application roles, and privileged IT users who administer infrastructure via system, software, or operational accounts. Traditional IAM tools are framed as insufficient for privileged scenarios such as shared accounts, activity monitoring, and controlled privilege elevation, driving the need for specialized PAM techniques.

The text outlines key drivers for PAM including shared credential abuse, misuse of elevated privileges (intentional or accidental), credential hijacking, third-party privilege abuse, and broader operational and regulatory needs like account discovery, ownership tracking, SSO to target systems, auditing/recording, and vendor/MSP access controls. PAM capabilities are described as evolving from vaulting/rotation and session monitoring to suites that also incorporate analytics and risk-based monitoring, while also needing to extend protections to server platforms (Unix/Linux/Windows) and cloud/virtual infrastructure.

Krontech’s SingleConnect is presented as a modular PAM platform (launched 2013) combining earlier products into seven modules delivered as software or hardware/virtual appliances. Core modules include Dynamic Password Controller (agentless vaulting plus basic REST-based application-to-application password management), Session Manager (recording with indexed metadata, OCR/keystroke logging, and dual control), MFA Manager (mobile-based MFA with geo-fencing and SSO integration), Access Directory Manager (TACACS+/RADIUS for network device access), Data Access Manager (fine-grained database admin policies, dynamic data masking, SFTP, detailed logging), Cloud PAM (Azure/AWS/GCP discovery/onboarding), and PTA Manager (delegated task automation as an alternative to privilege elevation). Noted gaps include no built-in threat analytics, no endpoint privilege management, and no controlled privilege elevation/delegation management, though SIEM integration is supported.

• Privileged business users access sensitive information assets such as HR records, payroll details, financial information, and intellectual property.
• Privileged IT users access IT infrastructure through administrative roles using system, software, or operational accounts.
• Krontech is based in New Jersey and is a subsidiary of Kron, a publicly listed company on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
• SingleConnect first launched in 2013 and consolidated SingleCommand and SingleControl into the SingleConnect platform.
• SingleConnect is available as software binaries and as hardware and virtual appliances.
• SingleConnect includes seven integrated modules within the platform.
• Dynamic Password Controller provides agentless password vaulting and supports REST APIs for basic application-to-application password management.
• Session Manager provides session recording and includes indexed metadata, OCR, and keystroke logging for VNC and RDP sessions.
• MFA Manager supports SMS OTP, soft OTP, and out-of-band mobile push on Android and iOS, and includes geo-fencing as a contextual attribute.
• Cloud PAM supports Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud and includes auto asset discovery and onboarding.

• “To remain relevant, organizations must reinvent themselves by being agile and more innovative.”
• “Emerging technology initiatives such as digital workplace, DevOps, security automation and the Internet of Things continue to expand the attack surface of organizations as well as introduce new digital risks.”
• “Privileged accounts pose significant threat to the overall security posture of an organization because of their heightened level of access to sensitive data and critical operations.”
• “Available Identity and Access Management (IAM) tools are purposely designed to deal with management of standard users’ identity and access, and do not offer the capabilities to manage privileged access scenarios such as use of shared accounts, monitoring of privileged activities and controlled elevation of access privileges.”
• “Privileged user analytics, risk-based session monitoring and advanced threat protection are becoming the new norm.”
• “Among the key challenges that drive the need for privilege management are: Abuse of shared credentials.”
• “A specific area is the in-depth protection of server platforms such as Unix, Linux, and Windows.”
• “Krontech doesn’t offer controlled privilege elevation and delegation management (CPEDM) capabilities but the PTA Manager module might be a suitable alternative to CPEDM in privileged access use-cases where privilege elevation remains a manually intensive and potentially vulnerable process.”
• “Krontech SingleConnect is a PAM platform with basic reporting and monitoring capabilities and doesn’t provide in-built privileged threat analytics.”
• “Krontech as a highly modular product line for PAM offers a solution for organizations that are looking to either build their PAM solution in phases or require only specific PAM functionalities to meet their security requirements.”