Why would they need one? To cover their tracks. Cheers Ken
From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 30 November 2011 5:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Delegation question Why would they need to? They already have one However, anyone with DA access is a risk and a certain amount of trust needs to be given. If you're worried about that you need a separate team or individual monitoring the access to and use of privileged accounts, whether it be resetting passwords, accessing resources, whatever. As long as those with DA access have their activities with high-level accounts are logged, then you at least have accountability. However, I'd still feel that helpdesk users with access to DA passwords are more of a risk per se than your average third-line support guy. If not for nefariousness (possibly the wrong choice of words on my part), then possibly for inexperience, naivety or plain stupidity which could lead to them causing unforeseen issues when using this sort of privilege. On 30 November 2011 08:47, Dean Cunningham <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: And DA's are a different breed of human that would not "resets a DA password and uses it for nefarious purposes?" On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:05 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Thats a bit crazy. What happens when rogue helpdesk guy resets a DA password and uses it for nefarious purposes? Prevention is surely better than cure in this case. 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