A jump box is a secure computer that all admins first connect to before launching any administrative task or use as an origination point to connect to other servers or untrusted environments. Over the last few years, with malicious hackers and malware infesting nearly every enterprise network at will, security admins have been looking for a way to decrease the ability of hackers or their malware creations to steal admin credentials and take over an environment and the concept of a traditional “jump box” has morphed into an even more comprehensive and locked-down “secure admin workstation” (or SAW).

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