# Zero Standing Privileges vs Credential Vaulting

DevFeed: [Zero Standing Privileges vs Credential Vaulting](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/zero-standing-privileges-vs-credential-vaulting-29984.md>)

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

Author: jpitts@goteleport.com (Jack Pitts)

Published: 2025-10-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Zero Trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zero-trust.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/legacy.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legacy.md>), [password](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/password.md>), [rotation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rotation.md>), [secrets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secrets.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [vault](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vault.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability.md>), [zero-trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-trust.md>)

## AI overview

This article compares credential vaulting with vault-free, just-in-time and identity-based approaches to privileged access management. It examines how stored and reusable credentials may preserve standing privileges and create operational and security challenges when organizations pursue Zero Standing Privileges.

## Source excerpt

Discover how Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) compares to credential vaulting in privileged access management and why vault-free PAM is key to true ZSP.