extent of system access as well as other features such as intensity of user activity logging certain embodiments may provide access based upon user selection of a pre configured id at a dashboard while other embodiments may rely upon direct user input to the rule engine to generate an id at a policy enforcement point embodiments of methods and apparatuses may be particularly useful in granting and or logging broad temporary access rights allowed based upon emergency conditions application_number US 201213463160 A description described herein are systems and techniques for policy based privileged user access management in the following description for purposes of explanation numerous examples and specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention it will be evident however to one skilled in the art that the present invention as defined by the claims may include some or all of the features in these examples alone or in combination with other features described below and may further include modifications and equivalents of the features and concepts described herein embodiments allow centralized management of privileged user access across different types of systems and applications fig1 shows a simplified schematic view of an embodiment an access management scheme 100 for a first target application or system 101 which includes a corresponding system activity log 105 and a second different target application or system 109 which includes a corresponding system activity log 111 in particular privileged user sessions may be initiated from a common landing page.