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Break glass is a term used in computing to describe the act of checking out a system account password for use by a human user when an emergency situation arises, and traditional access methods have failed. The term derives from the act of breaking the glass on a fire alarm.
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Haber, M.J., Hibbert, B. (2018). Break Glass. In: Privileged Attack Vectors. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3048-0_12
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