Business Issues:
The Genesis of Privileged Identity
The Creation and Evolution of The Superuser
Philip Lieberman, President and CEO of Lieberman Software
As time goes on, things change in the world of IT and, again, most people don't understand the implications. Add new appliances, switches, routers and software and new root accounts pop up. Blend that in with new super-user accounts for things like intrusion detection devices, antivirus systems or DLP and you get a whole new layer of privileges added to the environment. People don't really think about it, they simply interact with it at the user level and the environment continues to evolve and morph.
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