On September $1,2016,$ Joe Venzor, a system administrator at a boot manufacturing company, was notified his employment would be terminated. What happened next resulted in an $18-$month federal prison Links to an external site. stay and a fine of more than $$50,000$ to be paid to Lucchese, his former employer $($United States Department of Justice, $2017).$

Research this incident and briefly summarize the actions taken by this system administrator. Submit a response to share with your colleagues that details additional controls this company should have put in place to prevent Joe$$s abuse of his privileged access.

Resources

Yee$-$Hacked! Fired Texan Sysadmin Goes Rogue, Trashes Boot Business Links to an external site. by Iain Thomson

How to Secure System Administrator$$s Privileged Accounts: $7$ Best Practices Links to an external site. by Ekran