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Break Glass Theory: Designing a Break Glass Process to Provide Security for Privileged Accounts

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Learn more about how to secure your business from threats in places you didn't even know existed.

In computing “Break Glass” is the act of checking out a system account password to bypass normal access controls procedures for a critical emergency. This provides the user immediate access to an account that they may not normally be authorized to access.

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