Privileged Accounts Usually Poorly Managed, if Managed at All

A survey of 913 IT professionals from around the globe from One Identity has exposed three key areas where distressingly inferior practices for privileged account management occur, including in management platforms and tools; monitoring and visibility; and unsurprisingly, password management.

When it comes to management, about a fifth (18%) of respondents admit to using paper-based logs, while a surprising 36% are using equally inadequate spreadsheets for tracking privileged accounts. The survey also found that two-thirds (67%) of companies are relying on two or more tools for management—indicating widespread inconsistency in privileged access management (PAM).

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