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AI Agent for Privileged Access Management

Privilege Access Assistance is a conversational specialized AI agent that helps employees request elevated system permissions and hardware access rights. Use this agent to request local admin privileges, turn on USB data transfer, manage time-bound access elevations, and process security exceptions. This agent ensures secure, authorized system access.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions with Agentforce IT Service.

Service Catalog Items

This specialized agent automatically uses these SCI templates to fulfill your request. You can configure additional service catalog item templates to support similar applications and request types.

Agent Actions

These actions run automatically during your conversation with the specialized agent.

Example
Example

Requesting temporary admin rights for software installation

Scenario: Developer Chris needs temporary admin rights to install development tools on his laptop.

  • Chris: I need temporary admin rights to install Docker and Kubernetes on my laptop for the new project.
  • AI Agent: I can submit that admin rights request. To confirm before I proceed, how long do you need elevated access, and has your manager pre-approved this request?
  • Chris: I need it for 24 hours, and yes, my manager Sarah Chen approved it this morning.
  • AI Agent: Your temporary admin rights request has been submitted for approval by the security team. Based on the manager pre-approval from Sarah Chen, this should be processed within 30 minutes. You'll receive an email with the temporary admin password valid for 24 hours. After that period, standard user privileges will be automatically restored.