Fudo PAM by Fudo Security

Digital transformation has made privileged access a central security concern: as organizations adopt cloud, IoT, AI, and big data across extended infrastructures, they also expand exposure to cybersecurity, compliance, and identity risks. Privileged Access Management (PAM) is positioned as a key control because modern environments generate frequent, agile access requests that must be handled without enabling credential abuse, privilege escalation by unauthorized users, hijacking by cybercriminals, third‑party misuse, or accidental errors. Operational and regulatory pressures add further requirements such as discovering shared/service accounts, tracking ownership across account lifecycles, enabling efficient single sign-on sessions for administrators, auditing and monitoring privileged activity, and controlling access by outsourcing vendors, MSPs, and internal users to cloud services. Post‑Covid budget constraints and remote access needs intensify the demand to balance cost, time-to-value, usability, and security, while PAM capabilities evolve toward analytics, risk-based monitoring, and governance integration.

Fudo Security, launched in 2016, presents a modern, customizable UI with “dashlets” and emphasizes session management and recording as the core of PAM. It supports HTTPS session recording and 12 protocols (including RDP, VNC, SSH, Telnet), using raw data capture for faster analysis than conventional screen capture. It provides extensive searchable session storage (up to 500 TB) and OCR for text search across graphical sessions (including Cyrillic). The platform is 100% agentless, aiming for sub‑day deployment, and offers MFA options (OATH, SMS, Duo) without server-side authentication changes. Additional differentiators include gateway mode enforcement, AI-driven biometric anomaly detection (mouse/typing), active-active clustering with unlimited nodes, shared session attribution, double encryption of sensitive database fields, integrations with third-party vaults, and a “golden image” browser that streams content to isolate users from internal networks. Strengths include strong session/password management and rapid deployment; challenges include being feature-light, limited cloud/DevOps support, and partnership expansion opportunities.

• Digital transformation increases cybersecurity, compliance, and identity risks across extended infrastructures.
• Privileged users are categorized into privileged IT users and privileged business users.
• Key privileged-access challenges include shared credential abuse, unauthorized elevation, credential hijacking, third-party privilege misuse, and accidental misuse.
• Governance needs include discovery of shared/service accounts and lifecycle tracking of privileged account ownership.
• Regulatory compliance is supported through auditing, recording, and monitoring of privileged activities.
• Fudo Security launched its PAM platform in 2016.
• Fudo supports HTTPS recording and 12 protocols, including RDP, VNC, SSH, and Telnet.
• The platform can provide up to 500 TB of searchable, shareable session storage.
• The solution is 100% agentless and targets deployment in less than a day.
• Fudo supports OATH (Google Authenticator), SMS, and Duo for multi-factor authentication.

• “Digital transformation is no longer optional for businesses and organizations if they wish to stay competitive and deliver greater value to customers.”
• “As agile access and identity requests are a prime characteristic of a successful digital environment it follows that one of the most important tools to manage this securely is Privileged Access Management (PAM).”
• “Fudo Security believes that session management and recording are the most important parts of privileged access.”
• “Of note is the innovative use of raw data capture which is faster and easier to analyse then the more conventional use of screen capture tools.”
• “The platform supports full bit-by-bit protocol recording of sessions without using screenshots or partial records such as Window names only.”
• “Another useful feature is the ability to calculate session activity (in real-time) and create reports based on user activity.”
• “Fudo Security PAM is an 100% agentless solution so no software needs to be installed on servers or clients.”
• “This transparency allows admins to see how users are trying to connect to privileged accounts and force them to use PAM if necessary.”
• “Convenience and security at play.”
• “While the world remains wedded to passwords (for good or bad) for many access situations, it is good to see a vendor making password management as seamless as possible.”