The “cure” for this particular situation would be to have another person have the “highest level” password, and in turn dole out all the next level down passwords herself. That same “Godess” of the network, would not have physical access to the network, and would likely work in an auditor’s office, not the IT Department.

This threat was actually not that big of a deal, compared to other exposures, with even less outside technical experts to help out in an emergency.