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Privileged Identity Management

The Comic I Fought ChatGPT To Make

April 4, 2025 by Emily Neary
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Martin: XKCD is awesome. I love the comics and the style—funny, smart, minimalist. While reading one day, I got an idea for an ad: a comic strip in that style, … Read more

Categories Cybersecurity, Software, Technology Tags cyber insurance, cyber security, downtime, MFA, named accounts, PAM, Passly, password rotation, PCI, privileged access management, privileged account management, Privileged Identity Management, Stop Sharing Admin Accounts, traceability, zerotrust

Feature: One Time Password Share

February 18, 2026March 17, 2025 by Emily Neary

At TechIDManager, we strongly recommend avoiding shared admin accounts whenever possible. However, we recognize that certain situations—such as granting access to outside vendors or providing temporary administrative access to a … Read more

Categories Cybersecurity, Documentation, Software, Technology Tags cyber insurance, cyber security, downtime, MFA, named accounts, PAM, password rotation, PCI, privileged access management, privileged account management, Privileged Identity Management, Stop Sharing Admin Accounts, traceability, zerotrust

Feature: Passwords; Random or Passphrases

February 25, 2026March 17, 2025 by Emily Neary

Passwords come in various styles and formats. TechIDManager has always supported randomly generated passwords of any length. Recently, we introduced an additional option: users can now choose between a fully … Read more

Categories Cybersecurity, Documentation, Software, Technology Tags cyber insurance, cyber security, downtime, MFA, named accounts, PAM, password rotation, PCI, privileged access management, privileged account management, Privileged Identity Management, Stop Sharing Admin Accounts, traceability, zerotrust

Feature: Force Password Rotation

May 7, 2025March 17, 2025 by Emily Neary
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In the unfortunate event of a breach, standard operating procedures dictate that the first step should be rotating admin passwords. By default, TechIDManager rotates admin passwords every 24 hours. However, … Read more

Categories Cybersecurity, Documentation, Software, Technology Tags cyber insurance, cyber security, downtime, MFA, named accounts, PAM, password rotation, PCI, privileged access management, privileged account management, Privileged Identity Management, Stop Sharing Admin Accounts, traceability, zerotrust

Make The Shift From Passly To TechIDManager

July 9, 2025February 28, 2025 by Emily Neary

As the news spreads that Passly by Kaseya is coming to an end, many organizations are left pondering the future of their password rotation and identity management solutions. This … Read more

Categories Cybersecurity, Software, Technology Tags cyber insurance, cyber security, downtime, MFA, named accounts, PAM, Passly, password rotation, PCI, privileged access management, privileged account management, Privileged Identity Management, Stop Sharing Admin Accounts, traceability, zerotrust

The Risk of Shared Admin Accounts Among MSPs: A Persistent Challenge in Cybersecurity

October 30, 2024 by Emily Neary

The rise of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) has transformed cybersecurity for businesses worldwide, allowing organizations to outsource their IT needs for better scalability and efficiency. However, the “MSP Perspectives 2024” … Read more

Categories Cybersecurity, Software, Technology Tags cyber insurance, cyber security, downtime, MFA, named accounts, PAM, password rotation, PCI, privileged access management, privileged account management, Privileged Identity Management, Stop Sharing Admin Accounts, traceability, zerotrust

Is Your Static Account a Vulnerability?

November 29, 2023 by Johnathan Schofield

Ever been told that a “Static” admin account is a vulnerability?

The Claim: if every technician has a unique account for every client site, domain, tenant, or local machine they … Read more

Categories Cybersecurity, Software, Technology Tags cyber insurance, cyber security, downtime, MFA, named accounts, PAM, password rotation, PCI, privileged access management, privileged account management, Privileged Identity Management, Stop Sharing Admin Accounts, traceability, zerotrust

TechIDManager LAPS: LAPS at MSP Scale

May 6, 2025June 22, 2023 by RuffianAdm1n

TechIDManager LAPS is a significant improvement over Microsoft LAPS because we built it specifically for the needs of MSPs.  

Before we delve into the specifics of TechIDManager LAPS, we first … Read more

Categories Cybersecurity, Documentation, Software, Technology Tags cyber insurance, cyber security, downtime, MFA, named accounts, PAM, password rotation, PCI, privileged access management, privileged account management, Privileged Identity Management, Stop Sharing Admin Accounts, traceability, zerotrust

Password Rotation and PAM

May 24, 2023 by Emily Neary

Password rotation and privileged account management are two different approaches to enhancing the security of an organization’s IT systems. They are both needed.

 

Password rotation involves regularly changing passwords for … Read more

Categories Cybersecurity, Software, Technology Tags cyber insurance, cyber security, downtime, MFA, named accounts, PAM, password rotation, PCI, privileged access management, privileged account management, Privileged Identity Management, Stop Sharing Admin Accounts, traceability, zerotrust

A Password Vault Is Not PAM

April 3, 2025May 2, 2023 by Emily Neary

Privileged account management (PAM) and password management are two important security practices that can help organizations protect their systems and data. However, there are some key differences between the two. … Read more

Categories Cybersecurity, Software, Technology Tags cyber insurance, cyber security, downtime, MFA, named accounts, PAM, PCI, privileged access management, privileged account management, Privileged Identity Management, Stop Sharing Admin Accounts, traceability, zerotrust
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