CapaOneeBook:
5 Steps to Implement an Effective Privileged Access Strategy
How to strengthen Endpoint Governance and meet modern compliance requirements
Introduction to the eBook
Privileged access has become a critical focus area for modern security and compliance teams.
Regulations such as NIS2, ISO27001, and CIS Controls now require organisations to clearly control, document, and justify how administrative privileges are used across endpoints.
Yet many organisations still rely on permanent local admin rights, informal elevation, and undocumented exceptions to keep daily operations running — creating unnecessary risk and audit exposure.
This eBook introduces a practical 5-step framework for establishing time-bound, policy-driven privileged access that strengthens governance without slowing down IT operations.
What You Will Learn
- Eliminate standing local administrator rights without slowing operations
- Implement time-bound, policy-based privilege elevation
- Document every elevation event with audit-ready evidence
- Establish clear governance for exceptions and approvals
About the Author
Rikke Borup
CMO, CapaSystems
Rikke is Chief Marketing Officer at CapaSystems, where she has led marketing and communications since 2009. With more than 17 years of experience in the IT sector, including cybersecurity, endpoint management software, and IT services, she brings long-standing, practical insight into the challenges facing modern enterprise IT environments.
Trained as a journalist, Rikke specialises in translating complex technical concepts into clear, easy-to-understand communications for IT decision-makers.
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Have More Questions?
Users trigger elevation for a specific executable. Policies decide whether to auto-approve or deny. Admin privileges apply only to that scope and auto-expire.
Yes. Create deny rules for shells or unsigned installers and require explicit policy exceptions for controlled use.
Best practice is no standing admin. Use policies for routine tasks and break-glass elevation for rare exceptions.
User, endpoint, binary details (executable name, app path), time, duration, and outcome—all exportable.
Set short duration auto-revoke.
Yes. Target policies via Entra ID groups, respect existing group structure, and run alongside your Intune compliance and configuration.
Policies can allow cached decisions for low-risk tasks with strict durations, and queue logs for sync when the endpoint is back online.
Yes. Supporters can authorize a scoped, time-bound elevation without exposing local admin accounts.
Typically within minutes as it’s a very simple configuration, executed in a phased approach: remove standing local admin privileges, apply standard policies to test endpoints, then scale to departments with measured guardrails and reporting.
