Centrify White Papers and Datasheets

Software Firm Eases Compliance Improves Security by Linking Heterogeneous Systems (by Microsoft)
This set of customer stories, created by Microsoft''s Interop Vendor Alliance organization, profiles customers in a number of industries who were able to strengthen security and streamline operations using Centrify solutions to extend Active Directory services to their non-Windows platforms.

Centrify Adds Value to Active Directory – And the Business (by Enterprise Strategy Group)
Enterprise Strategy Group reviews the factors that are prompting organizations to invest in Identity and Access Management initiatives. It examines the Active Directory-centric solution that Centrify delivers, concluding, "DirectControl and DirectAudit can help address some of the most troublesome IAM issues related to ... meeting regulatory compliance mandates and improving internal security."

Using Microsoft Active Directory to Address Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance in Heterogeneous Environments (by Robert Francis Group)
In a heterogeneous environment of Windows, Unix, Linux and Mac systems, having a strategy for consolidated identity and policy management will make the difference between passing or failing an audit or inspection. In this white paper, the Robert Frances Group, a recognized leader in business and technical consulting to Global 2000 IT executives, demonstrates the value organizations can realize from building and deploying comprehensive, consistent, and policy-driven controls that leverage a proven technology already in place: Active Directory.

Using Microsoft Active Directory to Address Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard Requirements in Heterogeneous Environments
The Security Standards Council of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) owns and maintains the Data Security Standard (DSS), which is a rigorous set of requirements that all merchants, payment processors, point-of-sale vendors, and financial institutions must follow in order to retain their right to use the payment system. This white paper describes how Active Directory combined with DirectControl and DirectAudit can address specific PCI DSS requirements.

Centrify DirectControl & Regulatory Compliance
This white paper cuts through the jungle of regulatory compliance requirements by providing a succinct overview of the four major compliance regulations faced by U.S. and European Union companies — and those doing business with them — and what those regulations mean to the IT community. You'll learn how these laws map to IT solution areas, and how Centrify DirectControl enables you to harness the power of Active Directory to meet security, access control, policy, auditing and reporting requirements for your heterogeneous environment.

Using Microsoft Active Directory to Address Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance in Heterogeneous Environments (by Robert Francis Group)
In a heterogeneous environment of Windows, Unix, Linux and Mac systems, having a strategy for consolidated identity and policy management will make the difference between passing or failing an audit or inspection. In this white paper, the Robert Frances Group, a recognized leader in business and technical consulting to Global 2000 IT executives, demonstrates the value organizations can realize from building and deploying comprehensive, consistent, and policy-driven controls that leverage a proven technology already in place: Active Directory.

Implementing Detailed User-Level Auditing of UNIX and Linux Systems Using Centrify DirectAudit
Organizations today are facing a growing list of IT security challenges, from complying with Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and Payment Card Industry standards, to protecting against the threat of insider attacks. This white paper examines the compelling business and technical case for centralized auditing of mission-critical UNIX and Linux systems, describes how Centrify DirectAudit's integrated architecture enables you to meet regulatory requirements and protect against insider threats, and describes how DirectAudit can help you better troubleshoot UNIX/Linux availability problems.

Centralized Identity and Access Management of Cross-Platform Systems and Applications with Active Directory and the Centrify Suite
Learn how to seamlessly integrate your Unix, Linux, Mac, Java and web platforms with Active Directory's identity, access and policy management services. This white paper provides the best overall introduction to DirectControl and the business and technical challenges that it addresses.

Software Firm Eases Compliance Improves Security by Linking Heterogeneous Systems (by Microsoft)
This set of customer stories, created by Microsoft''s Interop Vendor Alliance organization, profiles customers in a number of industries who were able to strengthen security and streamline operations using Centrify solutions to extend Active Directory services to their non-Windows platforms.

Centrify Adds Value to Active Directory – And the Business (by Enterprise Strategy Group)
Enterprise Strategy Group reviews the factors that are prompting organizations to invest in Identity and Access Management initiatives. It examines the Active Directory-centric solution that Centrify delivers, concluding, "DirectControl and DirectAudit can help address some of the most troublesome IAM issues related to ... meeting regulatory compliance mandates and improving internal security."

Using Centrify's DirectControl with Apple's Mac OS X
Centrify DirectControl for Apple's Mac OS provides a robust set of services to enable the administrator to add Macintosh computers to their Windows management infrastructure to centrally manage the authentication, authorization and configuration of the Mac OS system. This white paper provides a detailed overview of the features and benefits of using Centrify DirectControl, and describes how an organization can realize substantial benefits by using DirectControl to integrate and centrally manage Mac OS with Active Directory. It also compares the DirectControl solution with other integration products.

Centrify's Solution for NIS Migration
Sun Microsystem's Network Information Service (NIS, originally known as Sun Yellow Pages) has been the primary choice for managing Unix identity information in a networked environment for many years. Unfortunately, NIS has several shortcomings in the areas of security, manageability, and network dependency, and its successor, NIS+, was never widely accepted as a standard. This white paper examines the challenges of migrating NIS deployments to a central repository, and explains in detail how a combination of Microsoft Active Directory and Centrify DirectControl can deliver a cost-effective solution that strengthens security while improving IT efficiency.

Top Five Benefits of Using Windows Group Policy to Secure and Manage UNIX, Linux and Mac Systems
Applying standardized security and configuration policies to enforce IT security requirements and meet government and industry regulations remains one of the most difficult challenges for organizations with large numbers of mixed Windows, Linux, UNIX and Mac computers. Since the release of Windows 2000, IT administrators have used Group Policy to globally distribute computer and user policies across their Windows environment. No single solution addresses the same need across all Linux vendors and distributions, and the same is true of UNIX vendors. Centrify DirectControl’s ability to extend Windows Group Policy to Linux, UNIX and Mac systems now points the way toward consolidated, centralized and consistent cross-platform policy enforcement.

Single Sign-On and Federation for Java/Web with Centrify DirectControl and Microsoft Active Directory
Applications running on Apache, JBoss, Tomcat, WebLogic and WebSphere have traditionally required additional authentication and identity stores that are inefficient and expensive to manage and pose security risks due to gaps in maintaining and deprovisioning accounts. Complying with SOX, HIPAA, PCI, and other government and industry regulations is also more difficult. Enterprise efficiency is impacted as well, with IT constantly provisioning and resetting passwords. Moreover, external users and partners cannot participate in federated scenarios. This white paper describes how Centrify DirectControl for Java/Web delivers single sign-on capabilities for web applications and provides major benefits in the form of increased security, ease of use and enterprise readiness.

Single Sign-On for SAP on UNIX with Centrify DirectControl and Microsoft Active Directory
Many of the largest, most recognizable and successful organizations use SAP. But to the end-users within those organizations who need access to SAP, this means yet another username and password they have to remember and constantly enter and re-enter. To IT managers, SAP represents yet another authentication and identity store to manage. In addition, given the sensitive nature of the data stored in SAP systems, there is a compelling need from both a security and compliance perspective to ensure that communication and access to that sensitive data is done in a highly secure manner. This white paper describes how Centrify DirectControl for SAP delivers single sign-on capabilities for SAP and how this ability translates into major benefits in the form of increased security, ease of use and enterprise readiness.

Centrify DirectControl for Samba
Samba, one of the most popular Open Source technologies in use, allows IT administrators to share directories and files hosted on UNIX and Linux systems with Windows users. However, Samba can be difficult to deploy, and its inability to centrally store UNIX identity information in Active Directory makes it unworkable in most enterprise scenarios. This white paper describes how you can use Centrify DirectControl to make Samba more secure, more manageable, and enterprise ready.

Active Directory and DirectControl
With the popularity of Active Directory, many organizations would like to leverage their Active Directory investment and integrate its services with their Unix, Linux, Mac and Java platforms. This white paper describes the enterprise capabilities of Active Directory and how Centrify DirectControl enables organizations to integrate non-Microsoft platforms with Active Directory.

Centrify's Solution for Migrating Unix Directories to Active Directory
In the Unix and Linux world, multiple directory technologies exist for handling user accounts, passwords, system access and usage policy. An ideal solution for consolidation would be to leverage Active Directory for access management beyond Windows. This white paper discusses how organizations can migrate existing Unix directory systems to Active Directory using the Centrify DirectControl suite and Centrify's unique Zones technology.

Using Centrify DirectControl with VMware ESX Server
This white paper provides an overview of the features and benefits of ESX Server and Centrify DirectControl, and describes how an organization can realize substantial benefits by using DirectControl to enable Active Directory services on ESX Server.

Integrating Centrify DirectControl with Identity Management Systems
This white paper provides detailed examples of how to integrate Centrify DirectControl with commercial off-the-shelf Identity Management Systems. It demonstrates how to handle common Identity Management events and discusses how DirectControl can simplify provisioning tasks and strengthen security when used in an environment that includes LDAP-based systems, databases, and portal servers.

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