The following is a guest blog by Co-Founder of Brightmind Partners, former Home Depot CISO and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent, Stephen Ward. Privilege is the ultimate vulnerability. The very systems designed to secure critical access have become prime targets, and traditional Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions are no longer enough. The old model—overprivileged accounts, static credentials, and cumbersome vaulting—creates more risk than it mitigates.