PAM Troubleshooting
RCCE students will learn Privileged Access Management including privileged session monitoring, credential vaulting, just-in-time access provisioning, privileged account discovery, and break-glass procedures. RCCE students will learn to deploy and operate PAM solutions for securing privileged accounts, vault and rotate privileged credentials automatically, implement session recording and monitoring for privileged access, provision just-in-time privileged access with automatic expiration, discover and onboard unmanaged privileged accounts, configure break-glass procedures for emergency access, investigate privileged account misuse, and measure PAM program effectiveness. This diagnostic course focuses on identifying, analyzing, and resolving common failures, misconfigurations, and operational issues. Building on core knowledge, RCCE students will learn systematic troubleshooting methodologies that accelerate root-cause analysis and minimize downtime. Students work through realistic break-fix scenarios that build the diagnostic confidence needed for high-pressure production environments.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing PAM Troubleshooting
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn — covering Systematic PAM troubleshooting methodology, Root-cause analysis for vault failures.
- Execute hands-on tasks for systematic pam troubleshooting methodology — covering Root-cause analysis for vault failures.
- Execute hands-on tasks for course approach — covering Break-fix scenarios in realistic lab environments, Hands-on diagnostic confidence building.
- Explain PAM Architecture Foundations fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for credential vault
- Monitor and audit privilege usage; detect escalation attempts
- Execute hands-on tasks for vault layer
- Execute hands-on tasks for session layer
- Execute hands-on tasks for access layer — covering Credential storage & encryption, Protocol proxying (RDP/SSH), JIT provisioning workflows.
- Execute hands-on tasks for emergency access — covering Network scanning for privileged accounts.
- Execute hands-on tasks for credential vaulting mechanisms
| Module 01 | Course Overview |
| Module 02 | What You Will Learn |
| Module 03 | Systematic PAM troubleshooting methodology |
| Module 04 | Course Approach |
| Module 05 | PAM Architecture Foundations |
| Module 06 | Credential Vault |
| Module 07 | Audit & Logging |
| Module 08 | Vault Layer |
| Module 09 | Session Layer |
| Module 10 | Access Layer |
| Module 11 | Emergency Access |
| Module 12 | Credential Vaulting Mechanisms |
| Module 13 | Vault Operations |
| Module 14 | Rotation Strategies |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice pam troubleshooting by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for what you will learn
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for systematic pam troubleshooting methodology
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for course approach
- Lab 5: Explain PAM Architecture Foundations fundamentals
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for PAM Troubleshooting, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI