PAM PoC Overhead vs Security ROI Calculator

PoC Environment Variables

IT / Security Staff Size 12 admins

Privileged Credentials / Accounts 250 accounts

Automated Rotation Interval Every 30 days

Approval Workflow Strictness Moderate

External Auditor Mandate / Pressure High

Deployment Architecture Cloud SaaS

PoC Feasibility & ROI Verdict

Overhead Burden 14.5 admin hours / week

Audit Visibility 92% session logs & controls

Risk Reduction 68% lateral movement barrier

Operational Activity	Weekly Hours	Primary Bottleneck / Driver
Approval Workflow & Access Requests	5.0 hrs	Manager sign-offs, ticket reviews
Rotation Failure Triage & Heartbeats	5.0 hrs	RPC/SSH sync, locked service accounts
Platform Infrastructure & Maintenance	4.5 hrs	Connector patching, cloud engine health
Auditor Reporting & Compliance Logs	1.5 hrs	Automated reports vs manual screenshots

Practitioner Consensus: "Any PAM has significant overhead to get fully implemented... worth it if you have a team that can dedicate part of their day to getting it stood up and working properly."

Cloud vs On-Prem: Migrating from on-prem Thycotic to Delinea Cloud dramatically reduces server patching overhead, though price renewals require management pre-alignment.