The white paper explores the weak-point of access management – the privileged user for shared administrative accounts, and the embedded application identities found within applications, scripts and application servers.

Various issues such as the sharing of administrative access with minimal security controls, and what could happen if too much trust is placed on a single high-privilege user, are discussed. The white paper also offers solutions for overcoming the problem of “Who controls the control?”.

Turning the Spotlight on IT’s Dirty Little Secret can be downloaded at http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/download/42