# What is Zero Standing Privilege (ZSP)?

DevFeed: [What is Zero Standing Privilege (ZSP)?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-zero-standing-privilege-zsp-29985.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/zero-standing-privileges/>)

Author: sakshyam.shah@goteleport.com (Sakshyam Shah)

Published: 2022-03-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Zero Trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zero-trust.md>), [zero trust security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zero-trust-security.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>)

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## AI overview

This article explains zero standing privilege (ZSP) as a zero trust strategy for privileged access management. It describes assigning administrative privileges only when access is needed and revoking them afterward, and contrasts ZSP with least privilege and related access concepts.

## Source excerpt

This blog post explores the use case and importance of zero standing privilege in modern privileged access management.