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25/06/2026 1:04 am
TL;DR: Rebuilt cloud-native platforms that combine vaulting, session monitoring, just-in-time access, policy automation, and a 99.995% uptime SLA are being framed as the core response to fragmented privileged access tooling, according to Delinea. For IAM and PAM teams, the message is that platform reliability is now part of identity control design, not just an operations detail.
NHIMG editorial — based on content published by Delinea: When resilience meets innovation: Why the Delinea Platform delivers for you
By the numbers:
- Delinea says its platform is backed by a 99.995% uptime SLA.
- Only 5.7% of organisations have full visibility into their service accounts.
- 71% of NHIs are not rotated within recommended time frames, increasing the risk of compromise over time.
Questions worth separating out
Q: How should security teams govern just-in-time privileged access across multiple systems?
A: They should treat just-in-time access as a single control path, not a set of separate features.
Q: Why does platform availability matter in privileged identity management?
A: Because privileged identity platforms are control planes, not passive repositories.
Q: What breaks when privileged access tooling is stitched together from point products?
A: Consistency breaks first, then visibility.
Practitioner guidance
- Map privileged control handoffs end to end Inventory where vaulting, session recording, JIT approval, and policy enforcement occur in different systems, then remove duplicate or inconsistent decision points across those paths.
- Test platform outage as a governance scenario Run exercises that simulate control-plane loss, offline connectivity, and delayed failover to confirm whether privileged operations can still be approved and audited safely.
- Separate break-glass access from standing privilege Define emergency credential paths with explicit scope, approval ownership, logging, and post-use review so outage access cannot become a normal operating mode.
What's in the full article
Delinea's full article covers the operational detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:
- How Delinea describes the rebuilt platform architecture and the control functions it claims to unify.
- The specific availability and resilience claims behind the 99.995% uptime SLA.
- Examples of how the platform positions break-glass access when external connectivity is interrupted.
- The vendor's own explanation of why it says stitched-together point products create risk.
👉 Read Delinea's perspective on platform resilience for privileged identity security →
Privileged identity security at platform scale: what changes for teams?
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25/06/2026 10:13 am
Platform resilience has become a privileged access control requirement, not a reliability feature. When the identity security platform is unavailable, approval workflows, session control, and revocation paths are all impaired at once. That turns uptime into a governance variable, not just an infrastructure metric. The practitioner conclusion is that PAM design must include availability assurance as part of control effectiveness.
A few things that frame the scale:
- 91.6% of secrets remain valid five days after the targeted organisation is notified, showing a critical gap in remediation procedures, according to Ultimate Guide to NHIs.
- Only 20% have formal processes for offboarding and revoking API keys, and even fewer have procedures for rotating them.
A question worth separating out:
Q: How should teams govern break-glass access without creating permanent exceptions?
A: They should define a narrow emergency path with named owners, explicit scope, full logging, and mandatory review after use. Break-glass access should restore operations during failure, not become a shadow privilege channel. If the exception is not regularly tested, it tends to expand beyond its intended purpose.
👉 Read our full editorial: Delinea Platform resilience raises the bar for privileged identity security
