Why PAM Programs Still Fail to Deliver at Scale

Silverfort's Rob Ainscough on Why Technology Alone Can't Fix PAM's Adoption Problem Tony Morbin (@tonymorbin) • March 11, 2026

Most privileged access management programs fail not because of poor technology, but because they can't scale adoption across the enterprise. Vault-less PAM addresses this by enforcing policy-based controls without requiring account onboarding or workflow changes, said Rob Ainscough, chief identity security advisor for EMEA at Silverfort.

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The gap between where organizations want to reach and what they're able to achieve in terms of protection is what holds the industry back, Ainscough said. Vault-based approaches compound this by demanding intensive onboarding before any protection kicks in - a barrier that leaves significant portions of the environment exposed.

"You can have the best technology in the world, but if you can't adopt it, you're not going to generate the ...