Almost all of business critical data is stored in various information systems of a company. Business scaling leads to a need to delegate administrative responsibilities to subordinates completely or partially, or extend the privileges of top management employees. 

Therefore the heads of departments that use privileged accounts get access to additional confidential data. It is often the case that the access is granted without using a reliable system of controlling the privileged users. To increase informational security, the privileged users should use passwords unavailable to intruders. We all know that not every employee does so.

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Management of risks – both reputation and financial – is one of the most important business tasks. Confidential information and internal regulations of any company is a higher priority target of business intelligence and competition. Protection of such data is a matter of confidence and high responsibility. Therefore, not all users of business information systems have privileged accounts. 

However, the presence of privileged users proper does not guarantee protection from data leakage or illegal actions of employees or other interested individuals. Information security stipulates for not only regulation of access to important data, but also an audit of user actions. 

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