Enterprise Password Management

Passwords, passwords everywhere

We are living in the age of Information Technology and computers. Most of the things we get done by a click of a mouse.  At the personal level, we need to remember a lot of passwords - right from Email passwords, bank PIN numbers, logins for travel booking and so on.  If Samuel Taylor Coleridge were alive today, he would have probably rephrased his immortal lines "Water, water everywhere, ne any drop to drink" as "Passwords, passwords everywhere". 

At the Enterprise Level, the problem gets quite complex. There are servers, databases, switches, routers, firewalls and a whole lot of IT applications. Each application has its own 'administrative accounts', which are managed by IT and Network Administrators.

Administrators in enterprises follow their own way of managing their passwords. Some store the passwords in spreadsheets, some others in paper and so on. This naturally brings with it a security issues. Oflate, cyber-criminal activities across the globe have assumed such grave proportions that all organizations - big and small are exposed to security breaches and identity thefts.

Similarly, the threats by the insiders are becoming very high nowadays. When an administrator leaves the organization, he might be possessing a copy of the administrative passwords. If he he malicious intent, he might unleash a cyber-attack.

Administrative passwords give unlimited access to the users and if a hacker gets access to them, the very business of the enterprise would be in jeopardy. Effective and efficient password management alone is the solution to safeguard your IT resources.

There are quite a lot of enterprise password managers in the market. One such solution is ManageEngine Password Manager Pro from AdventNet. While offering all enterprise-class features, the solution is afforadle even to small enterprises. The pricing starts at US $ 495 ..

"Password Manager Pro is a trusted solution to securely store, access and administer shared administrative passwords. It enables IT managers to maintain a central repository of passwords, enforce standard password policies and control unauthorized user access to shared passwords. It also provides a complete record of 'who', 'what' and 'when' of password access," says the website of Password Manager Pro 

http://manageengine.adventnet.com/products/passwordmanagerpro/index.html

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