Apparently many employees ( nearly half ) have the habit of snooping around within the company. This according to a new research study by Cyber-Ark. Many gain access using privileged accounts such as administrator or root passwords, which the research found were not changed that often.
"Cyber-Ark said privileged passwords get changed far less frequently than user passwords, with 30 percent being changed every quarter and 9 percent never changed at all, meaning that IT staff who have left an organization could still gain access."
This is a bit unnerving - most organizations should be following compliance mandates such as SOX to isolate administrator access from content. And using technology to enforce this..
"Cyber-Ark said privileged passwords get changed far less frequently than user passwords, with 30 percent being changed every quarter and 9 percent never changed at all, meaning that IT staff who have left an organization could still gain access."
This is a bit unnerving - most organizations should be following compliance mandates such as SOX to isolate administrator access from content. And using technology to enforce this..
