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Ian Neil
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Ian Neil

Ian Neil is one of the world's top trainers of Security+. He is able to break down information into manageable chunks so that people with no background knowledge can gain the skills required to become certified. He has recently worked for the US Army in Europe and designed a Security+ course that catered to people from all backgrounds (not just IT professionals), with an extremely successful pass rate. He is an MCT, MCSE, A+, Network+, Security+, CASP, and RESILIA practitioner that has worked with high-end training providers over the past 23 years and was one of the first technical trainers to train Microsoft internal staff when they opened their Bucharest Office in 2006.
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Common Account Management Policies

To ensure smooth account management, it is vital that company-wide policies are in place and that everyone within the company adheres to them otherwise chaos could ensue. Let's look at each of these policies in turn.

Account Creation

Multinational corporations will generate hundreds of accounts annually and need to have a standardized format. This is known as a standard naming convention. Account templates are copied and modified with the details of new employees. Some examples of standard naming conventions are as follows:

  • First name, last name: John.Smith
  • Last name, first name: Smith.John
  • First initial, last name: J.Smith

If you have John Smith and Jack Smith, you would have two J Smiths. Therefore, you may also use a middle initial, J A Smith, or a number at the end, J Smith1, to make them unique.

All user accounts need to be unique so that each person is responsible for their own account. If you leave...

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CompTIA Security+: SY0-601 Certification Guide - Second Edition
Published in: Dec 2020Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781800564244

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Ian Neil

Ian Neil is one of the world's top trainers of Security+. He is able to break down information into manageable chunks so that people with no background knowledge can gain the skills required to become certified. He has recently worked for the US Army in Europe and designed a Security+ course that catered to people from all backgrounds (not just IT professionals), with an extremely successful pass rate. He is an MCT, MCSE, A+, Network+, Security+, CASP, and RESILIA practitioner that has worked with high-end training providers over the past 23 years and was one of the first technical trainers to train Microsoft internal staff when they opened their Bucharest Office in 2006.
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