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

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Privileged access management

Privileged access management

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

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Privileged access management

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- [Instructor] Privileged accounts belonging to system engineers, application administrators, and other users in sensitive roles require special protections. Privileged access management solutions put special controls in place to secure these accounts and monitor the activities of privileged users. Let's talk about a few of the common components found in privileged access management solutions. Privileged account managers provide password vaulting capabilities. Password vaults are secure, encrypted credential management systems that store the passwords used to access sensitive accounts. The idea behind password vaults is that nobody knows the actual passwords to privileged accounts. They're created automatically by the password vault and when a user needs to log into a privileged account, they log into the credential management system and then that system logs into the target system for them, providing just-in-time access to…

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