February 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, maintaining a robust security posture is imperative for businesses and organizations of all sizes. One essential aspect of this security posture is effective password management, which can often be overlooked.

Read more: Securing Local Administrator Passwords

A question I ask my customers quite often scares me with the response.

Me: How are you managing the local administrator passwords within your environment?

Response::

• Option 1: We use a consistent local admin password across all of our servers for easy access.
  – Option 1a: We use a consistent local admin password and keep that in a password vault.
• Option 2: We use a unique password, but it’s different and difficult to keep track of across the deployments.

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