Zero Standing Privileges vs Credential Vaulting
Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP), where no user or system account has access unless there is a task being performed, is a milestone goal for most security teams. No always-on accounts, no secrets sitting around “just in case,” and nothing waiting to be misused. For a long time, privileged access management (PAM) has meant using credential vaults to store, rotate, and protect privileged credentials like administrative passwords, SSH keys, and API tokens.