Just think of our day-to-day life. Typically, we all have common passwords for email accounts, social media accounts and bank accounts, which can result in a nightmare, if compromised. On a personal level, if a password breach can affect us so gravely, what would happen if the same happens to privileged accounts for a large enterprise?<\/p>\n
Did you know that poor password management is one of the biggest sources of data breach? Many surveys show that more than 75% of times hacking of systems and misuse of confidential information arises from poor password management.<\/p>\n
There are hundreds of privileged passwords in an enterprise network. These login credentials provide access to privileged accounts, the gateway to confidential business information. One privileged password abuse or misuse has a potential to bring down the entire IT infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Now the question is why and how organizations are challenged again and again by password vulnerabilities? Some of the most common mistakes are as follows:<\/p>\n