Break Glass

The Break Glass feature is intended for emergency use if the Super Administrator account credentials are lost or compromised. Break Glass allows a selected group of DSV users to recover Super Administrator access.

When Break Glass is first setup, DSV distributes shares of the Super Administrator credentials to users who will have Super Administrator access after Break Glass is triggered. If enough shares are combined, the users can change ownership of the Super Administrator account to a new group of admins.

To trigger a Break Glass event, a user will run the breakglass command along with the minimum number of shares needed to recover the account.

Steps for using break glass.