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I'm also an advocate of third-party software that helps companies manage elevated accounts. I often run into Cyber-Ark's privilege identity manager solutions. It's pretty cool stuff and perfect for managing elevated accounts. Admin accounts can be locked into a digital vault, then protected by granular policies that enforce rules and checkout procedures in order for an elevated account to be used. One of my favorite features is the one-time-use passwords, where the password is changed for each user and occasion. You can also easily enable auditing of who used what accounts when.

There's some excitement around the web today among a certain group of high profile techies. What are they so excited about? Something called WebFinger, and the fact that Google is apparently getting serious about supporting it. So what is it?