The third area from the privileged access strategy: devices.<\/p>\n
There is a saying that I have repeated so many times that my family can quote it: The security of an account is never better than the security of the device it is used from.<\/p>\n
Think about it. You can protect your Global Admin with the strongest authentication in the world. If the admin logs on from a laptop that also runs the browser, reads mail, has a few nice browser extensions and a game the kids installed, the attacker doesn\u00b4t need the password. He just waits on the laptop for the admin to log on.<\/p>\n
That is why privileged access needs a privileged device. A PAW, a privileged access workstation. Locked down, no mail, no browsing except to the admin portals, only approved applications, everything managed from the cloud and monitored closely.<\/p>\n
I know. Admins love their laptops more than their cars, and asking them to use a second machine is like asking them to drive a minivan. But it is the single most effective thing you can do to protect your admin accounts.<\/p>\n
If two devices is a deal breaker, there are compromises. Make the PAW the main machine and run the everyday stuff in a virtual machine or a separate cloud desktop. Just never the other way around.<\/p>\n
A secure account on an insecure device is a very expensive password.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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