Published: 27 September 2007
ID: G00203342
Analyst(s): Mark Diodati
Privileged accounts can bypass controls designed to protect sensitive information from destruction or breaches. These accounts traditionally live outside the organization's identity management processes. In this report, Analyst Mark Diodati examines the compliance issues associated with privileged accounts, surveys products from the fast-growing privileged account management market, and recommends some approaches to improve the security of privileged accounts.
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