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To help in this process, Osmanoglu proposes a systematic table of topics that should be covered as part of the assessment. The table columns depict the People, Processes and Technology dimensions while the rows correspond to organization units. In this classification, Privileged Users (People) and Management of privileged accesses (Process) are placed in the IT and System Owners row alongwith all technical systems. In contrast, Application Administrators (People) and Business Applications (Technology) are placed in the Lines of business row with access management, joiner, mover, leaver and recertification processes.
In summary, Osmanoglu doesn't expressly state that Application Administrators aren't Privileged Accounts but shows at least that Application Administrators and are of a particular nature whose domain is limited to Business Applications and that they should first be primarily approached from the perspective of the business rather than that of IT.
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