Many recent high-profile breaches have one thing in common: They were accomplished through the compromise of credentials. In many cases, end-user passwords are initially hacked through various social engineering techniques. Then permissions are escalated to gain access to more privileged accounts the keys to the kingdom.Read this eBook to learn the answers to the following questions:What is a privileged account?Where do privileged accounts reside throughout the IT environment? How privileged accounts function? What are the risks associated with privileged accounts? How do I best protect privileged accounts from malicious insider threats?”]
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