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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Centrify LISA Presentation on Integrating Linux with Microsoft Active Directory

Our VP of Technology, Mike Patnode, presented on the topic of integrating Linux (and UNIX and Mac) identity management in Microsoft Active Directory at LISA 2008 (aka the Large Installation System Administration Conference).


Monday, November 17, 2008

Strong Authentication for the Mac

In this blog post I am going to drill down in more detail on why customers (especially in the Federal government) should leverage strong authentication for the Mac and how our solution works in this regard.


Tuesday, November 4, 2008

How DirectAuthorize Compares to sudo for Root Access Control

This is my fourth in a series in a series of blog posts on our great new product DirectAuthorize. In this blog post I want to discuss how DirectAuthorize compares and contrasts to the popular "sudo" utility found on most UNIX and Linux systems.


Friday, October 24, 2008

How DirectAuthorize Leverages Active Directory to Enable Privilege Account Management on UNIX/Linux

This is a third in a series of blog posts on our hot new product DirectAuthorize. In this post I will drill down on the architecture of DirectAuthorize and describe some of its unique architectural features including how it uniquely leverages Active Directory.


Wednesday, October 22, 2008

How DirectAuthorize Addresses Root and Shared Account Management in UNIX/Linux Environments

In this post I want to drill down in more detail on the customer challenges that DirectAuthorize addresses, specifically in the areas of improving security and addressing audit and compliance requirements.


Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Introducing DirectAuthorize and the Centrify Suite

Centrify is pleased to announce a brand new product called DirectAuthorize, a software solution that centrally manages and enforces role-based entitlements for UNIX and Linux systems, and we are also introducing the Centrify Suite, which is a comprehensive solution for cross-platform identity and access management.