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# Odyssey: The Seven Monsters of PAM

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CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR  
Dr. Chase Cunningham (“DrZeroTrust”)  
Creator of the ZTX framework, former Forrester analyst, and retired U.S. Navy Chief with 20+ years of cybersecurity experience.

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##### How Zero Trust PAM Defeats the Privileged Access Threats of the AI Era

If a credential is stolen today, what can the attacker reach?

Privilege extends across employees, vendors, machines, and AI agents. Protecting passwords is only the beginning. Organizations must control what each identity can access, what it can do, and for how long.

Inspired by the trials in Homer’s Odyssey, this eBook brings seven recurring privileged access threats to life and shows how to counter them.

In this eBook, you’ll learn how to counter:

- The Trojan Horse: Third-party access that reaches beyond the approved task
- Calypso: Credentials and permissions that outlive their purpose
- Cyclops: Centralized dependencies that create points of failure
- Nobody: Shared accounts that hide who actually acted
- The Sirens: Social engineering that turns stolen credentials into access
- The Laestrygonians: AI-driven activity that outruns manual oversight
- The Suitors: Dormant accounts and lingering insider access

Through real-world examples, discover how Xage XPAM applies Zero Trust controls to these challenges—and get a ninety-day plan to put them into practice.

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