A method that provides access to Privileged Accounts to users with Privileged Account access permission. A message is sent to a Privileged Accounts manager when a user logs into a Privileged Account. The user must enter a reason for access. All keystrokes are logged. At the conclusion of the user session, the log file is closed and another message is sent to the Privileged Accounts manager. The log file may be sent to the manager at this time or saved for a batch transfer periodically.