Which of the following statements reflects an industry-recommended best practice for managing privileged administrative accounts in an enterprise environment?
Privileged passwords are embedded (hard-coded) in automation scripts to prevent job failures.
Administrators share a common root or "superuser" password so they can collaborate quickly on urgent issues.
Multi-factor authentication is disabled on privileged accounts to avoid delays during maintenance windows.
Each administrator uses unique, individually assigned credentials for privileged activities that are logged and auditable.
The best practice is to assign each administrator a unique, individually issued set of privileged credentials that are monitored and auditable. This approach enforces individual accountability, produces clear audit trails, and allows credentials to be revoked promptly when an administrator changes roles or leaves the organization. Sharing accounts, hard-coding passwords in scripts, or disabling multi-factor authentication all increase the risk of compromise, impede forensic investigations, and violate modern PAM guidance.
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