From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 5 Identity and Access Management

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Account types

Account types

From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 5 Identity and Access Management

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Account types

- [Instructor] Access control systems contain several different types of account and each category requires different types of control. Most of the user accounts that we manage are standard user accounts, they're assigned to an individual user and grant routine access to resources. Everyone from the receptionist to the CEO in an organization typically has a standard user account even though those accounts may have dramatically different privileges. User accounts should be subject to routine monitoring for compromise and should follow a life cycle management process for provisioning and deprovisioning. Some accounts belong to system administrators and have extensive privileges to modify system configurations. These accounts are highly sensitive and they should be carefully guarded using a process known as privileged account management. Generally speaking, you should log every action performed by a privileged account…

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