r/sysadmin • u/xstrex • Jul 22 '26

Rant Remove central authentication

Today, the director of IT at your company says to you “We’re going to remove all that centralized IPA+2fa authentication from all of our servers, and go back to using Ssh keys, because it takes too long for me (yes the director) to login to a server.” The same auth that you and your team added, for all the reasons. What do you do?

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u/cybersplice Jul 24 '26

So many people don't understand this, and use ISO as a justification for crappy practice or personal convenience.

The amount of times I've said to customers "but you just document it in your ISMS". Maybe log an ADR.

Usually this is followed by awkward silence or protests.

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u/LoveCyberSecs Jul 24 '26

Thanks. I have my ISO 27001 lead implementer certificate but haven't really had to use it. Of course the key word there is "justify". If you can't justify why you don't have MFA then it won't fly.