University Central Florida Enhances IT Security with Privileged Account Management System

The University of Central Florida has implemented a new password management system to provide IT staff with privileged access to the enterprise systems it uses to support the campus.

Prior to installing the new system, the university’s Central IT department had been using an in-house password management tool, but when administrators wanted to implement new features to meet the university’s evolving security needs, they weighed the cost of upgrading the in-house system against purchasing an off-the-shelf password management tool. “[We concluded that] maintaining the in-house tool was not cost effective when off-the-shelf software offers better features, support and software security assurance,” said Matthew Fitzgerald, senior security analyst at the university.

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