Comments on: Orphaned User Accounts Are a Bigger Risk Than We Realize

By: Shyam Kumar

Shyam Kumar — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:09:30 +0000

One thing seem to have left out (intentionally or otherwise) is what happens to the information in the orphaned account.

Handover procedures are more often than not a formality in organizations, it’s this information that should be really handed over.

Ofcourse there are costs – time, analytics required.
Complicated, but interesting meme I’d say.

Jeff Widman — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:36:42 +0000

My apologies.
Did not mean at all to tread on deeper threads.

I removed the photo of the orphan, and replaced a photo of a friend. Yesterday he switched jobs, so a classic case study of orphaned user accounts.

Aaron Lambie — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:24:04 +0000

The photo is in poor choice. I actually feel uncomfortable reading the article looking at the photo.

Sekhar Ravinutala — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:01:01 +0000

Interesting stats, but would you mind removing the poor little child’s photo?