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I draw the Sysadminotaur comics, and all the related artwork and illustrations. I'm an animator by trade, with a heavy penchant for old school exaggerated cartoony characters. So, while I dig the techy stuff and work with techy people, I'm technically not an IT person myself. converges into an interesting take on the world of IT that will appeal to the savvy IT pros out there, as well as, of course, my fellow imposters.

For example, 80% of hacking-related breaches involve compromised and weak credentials, 59% of people use the same password for multiple accounts (and most use the same password for as long as possible), and 34% of employees share passwords at work. SSO helps reduce the risk of poor password management practices by eliminating the need for multiple passwords, and at the same time forcing end users to only choose suitable complex passwords or passphrases. SSO reduces password fatigue by allowing end users to choose and remember a single password (provided, of course, it is suitably strong as discussed above). Deploying SSO can help organizations meet specific criteria associated with various regulations, such as SOX (IT controls must be documented data controls), HIPAA (users who access electronic records or require audit control must be authenticated), and PCI DSS (integrated with Active Directory to ensure a proper user identification mechanism for users).

Privileged Access Management (PAM) refers to a class of solutions that help secure, control, manage, and monitor privileged access to critical assets. PAM solutions provide special protection and monitoring of privileged accounts; when privileged accounts are created or defined, PAM tools provide unique protection for those credentials. The account types that PAM solutions enable SMBs to monitor and audit include: To effectively serve the needs of the SMBs, PAM solutions need to provide ease of deployment and management, a secure password vault, logging and reporting, built-in two-factor authentication, account brokering, and role-based access to credentials. POLP ensures that end users are not commonly using highly privileged accounts which stops them from performing actions that could affect the entire environment or other networked systems; POLP can help contain cybersecurity exploits and malware to a single user or device.

Fortunately, there is a proven and straightforward solution, which is to integrate Remote Desktop Manager with Password Hub Business and get the best of both worlds: * With Remote Desktop Manager, users can rapidly access all of their remote connections and machine information from anywhere, since all data is securely stored in the cloud. In addition, since Password Hub Business is a data source within Remote Desktop Manager, users do not have to launch both solutions. : There is no need to manually back up data, as all data is automatically and securely stored in the cloud and can be instantly retrieved in the event of a power outage, cyberattack, or any other issue/emergency.