2026 WINNER · CYBERSECURITY STARS AWARDS
Xage · Extended Privileged Access Management (XPAM)
Best Privileged Access Management Platform
Overview
Xage Security Extended Privileged Access Management (XPAM) is a modern privileged access solution designed for organizations operating across IT, cloud, operational technology (OT), and AI environments. Unlike traditional PAM solutions that depend on centralized infrastructure and lengthy onboarding processes, XPAM applies identity-based access controls from the start, helping organizations reduce risk immediately.
Built on Xage's distributed Xage Fabric, XPAM combines privileged access management, secure access, credential protection, and Zero Trust policy enforcement into a unified platform. The solution enables organizations to secure human users, machine identities, service accounts, and AI agents while maintaining consistent controls across distributed and mission-critical environments.
As organizations increasingly deploy AI agents with access to enterprise applications, data, APIs, and operational systems, XPAM extends privileged access management to agentic identities. The platform enables organizations to govern what AI agents can access, what actions they can perform, and under what conditions privileges are granted, ensuring AI-driven operations remain secure, auditable, and compliant.
XPAM is particularly well suited for critical infrastructure operators, manufacturers, energy providers, transportation organizations, defense agencies, and other enterprises that require resilient security across remote, disconnected, or highly distributed operations.
Key Capabilities
As organizations modernize infrastructure and adopt AI-driven operations, privileged access has expanded far beyond traditional administrator accounts. Today, organizations must secure human users, machine identities, service accounts, operational technology assets, and increasingly autonomous AI agents that interact with sensitive systems and data. At the same time, these environments are becoming more distributed, interconnected, and difficult to manage with legacy PAM solutions. XPAM addresses these challenges through a unified, identity-centric approach that applies Zero Trust principles, least-privilege access, and resilient policy enforcement across IT, cloud, OT, and AI environments.
Key capabilities include:
- Distributed Privileged Access Management: XPAM eliminates reliance on centralized PAM architectures by distributing identity, credential, and policy enforcement across security nodes. This approach removes single points of failure and enables continuous enforcement even in remote, air-gapped, or intermittently connected environments.
- Privileged Access Management for Human, Machine, and AI Identities: XPAM applies least-privilege access controls across human users, machine identities, service accounts, automated processes, and AI agents. Organizations can govern privileged actions, enforce approval workflows, and control access to sensitive resources regardless of whether requests originate from a person, application, machine, or autonomous agent.
- Zero Standing Privileges and Just-in-Time Access: The platform enforces least-privilege access by granting elevated permissions only when required and only for approved tasks. Privileges are dynamically assigned and automatically revoked when no longer needed, reducing the risk associated with persistent access.
- Quantum-Resistant Credential Protection: XPAM secures privileged credentials within a distributed, quantum-resistant vault that protects secrets while maintaining availability across distributed environments.
- Operational Technology and Critical Infrastructure Security: Unlike traditional PAM solutions built primarily for IT environments, XPAM natively supports OT assets including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, industrial control systems, and IoT devices. Organizations can apply consistent privileged access controls across converged IT and OT environments without relying on separate security platforms.
- Phishing-Resistant Authentication: Support for FIDO2 and modern MFA strengthens identity assurance for privileged users and reduces exposure to credential-based attacks.
How we are different
XPAM redefines privileged access management by protecting access from day one, without requiring organizations to complete lengthy account discovery and onboarding processes before enforcing controls. Rather than waiting to identify every privileged account, XPAM immediately secures interactions among users, machines, AI agents, and critical assets, reducing exposure during deployment and accelerating time to value.
Unlike traditional PAM solutions that primarily focus on human administrators and IT systems, XPAM extends privileged access management to human users, machine identities, service accounts, automated processes, and AI agents. As organizations increasingly deploy autonomous AI agents with access to enterprise applications, databases, APIs, and operational systems, XPAM provides the governance and controls needed to enforce least-privilege access, prevent excessive permissions, and maintain visibility into privileged actions.
XPAM is also uniquely designed for operational technology and critical infrastructure environments. The platform natively supports PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, industrial control systems, and IoT devices, enabling organizations to apply consistent privileged access controls across converged IT and OT environments without relying on separate security tools.
At the core of XPAM is a distributed architecture that eliminates single points of failure by distributing identity, credential, and policy enforcement across security nodes. This approach enables continuous enforcement in remote, air-gapped, and intermittently connected environments where traditional PAM platforms often struggle to operate. Combined with a distributed quantum-resistant credential vault, Zero Standing Privileges, just-in-time access, phishing-resistant FIDO2 authentication, and unified policy enforcement across IT, cloud, OT, and AI environments, XPAM delivers a modern approach to privileged access security for today's increasingly distributed enterprises.
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