# Concepts In this section, you'll find information on a variety of concepts that are generally applicable to the Privileged Access Management (PAM) industry, as well as for concepts that are specific to StrongDM. ### What is StrongDM? Read the [What is StrongDM?](https://docs.strongdm.com/concepts/what-is-strongdm) guide to get a good understanding for what StrongDM is, and what kind of problems it can be used to solve in your organization's infrastructure. ### How StrongDM Works Read the [How StrongDM Works](https://docs.strongdm.com/concepts/how-strongdm-works) guide to get an overview of how StrongDM works, including the basic pieces of network infrastructure, how access is requested and provided, and how resources are managed. ### Security The [Security](https://docs.strongdm.com/concepts/security) section provides a variety of security-related information for a first look by security teams who are considering their organization's use of StrongDM. StrongDM also has further security resources and information available for customers and prospects. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.strongdm.com/concepts/readme.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.