Privileged password management: combating the insider threat and meeting compliance regulations...

IDC OPINION

Reports of ID fraud, ID theft, and system sabotage are all too common in the news today. Living with the threat of these attacks has IT professionals on high alert. The ability to monitor who has access to which systems, when, and at what level of authorization is critical to establishing and maintaining security best practices. Much of this monitoring is accomplished with identity and access management (IAM) technologies. However, as organizations scramble to secure their perimeters and encrypt their data, who is guarding the guards--that is, the systems a