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The following online Flash-based webinars and technical videos provide easy-to-grasp overviews of Centrify solutions' features and architecture. Select the product you'd like to know more about:

IT Security & Compliance

The 60-Minute IT Compliance Formula (with Security Expert Rolf von Roessing)

Most security experts will tell you that the formula for success in passing regulatory compliance audits can be complex and expensive - but how complex and expensive is it really? Join us for an educational and insightful hour-long webinar in which our panel of experts will explain how requirements such as PCI DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA and others can be broken down into their constituent parts and each element tackled with commonsense principles.

Centrify Security Solutions for PCI Compliance

Learn how Centrify helps corporate IT security managers address the key provisions of Sections 7, 8 and 10 of the PCI Data Security Standard for their UNIX and Linux systems.

Implementing Least-Privilege Security Management in Complex Linux and UNIX Environments (with Security Expert Dr. Eugene Schultz)

Examines the challenges around tying entitlements to individuals instead of to root or generic accounts, explains why existing tools such as sudo fall short in complex environments, and shows the value of leveraging Active Directory's centrally managed identities and its rich group- and role-based management capabilities.

Addressing the Unique IT Security Risks Posed by the Virtual Data Center

Virtualization technology is becoming not only increasingly ubiquitous but also increasingly heterogeneous in nature as organizations deploy bare-metal hypervisors from vendors such as VMware and Citrix. Meanwhile, organizations are also leveraging virtualization technology built into the latest UNIX, Linux and Windows operating systems. In this free webinar, top industry experts will help you understand the unique security and management requirements, as well as the risks, organizations will encounter as they migrate from the physical to virtual data center.

FISMA Compliance in Cross-Platform Environments

In this on-demand webinar learn how to address FISMA's four main IT security requirements by centralizing identity and access management leveraging Active Directory.

Simplified SSO for Web and ERP: Leveraging Active Directory-Based Single Sign-On to Address Security and Compliance for Web and Enterprise Applications

Join this event to gain a better understanding of the advantages of implementing web and enterprise application single sign-on. Learn why tying entitlements to web, enterprise and B2B applications to Active Directory accounts is a simple, cost-effective, and highly reliable method of addressing IT security best practices and regulatory compliance.

Beyond Authentication: Using Centrify DirectAuthorize for Fine-Grained Access Control and Privilege Management on UNIX & Linux

Join this event to learn why setting access controls and authorizations centrally from Active Directory accounts is a simple, cost-effective, and highly reliable method of addressing IT security best practices and regulatory compliance.

Beyond Logging: Addressing Security and Compliance with Detailed Audit Trails Linked to Active Directory

Join this event to learn about best practices in cross-platform auditing and compliance, and how Centrify's Active Directory-centric solution, DirectAudit, addresses these important issues.

Enhancing Compliance and Troubleshooting with Detailed Auditing and Session Replay for UNIX and Linux

Centrify's Director of Product Management, David McNeely, reviews the auditing and troubleshooting challenges that today's heterogeneous enterprises face, and will demonstrate how Centrify's DirectAudit provides a next-generation solution that's secure, scalable and reliable. Register for this webcast now, and we'll also email you a copy of our free white paper, "Implementing Detailed User-Level Auditing of UNIX and Linux Systems Using Centrify DirectAudit."

Securing Access to UNIX, Linux and Mac with Active Directory

Need a way to centralize account administration without removing the security boundaries that naturally exist around your business systems? Join David McNeely, Centrify's Director of Product Management, in this webinar as he shows you how to prove "who has access to what" when the security auditors come knocking.

UNIX & Linux Identity Management

Integrating Linux on System z Environments into Active Directory with Centrify Suite (cohosted by Red Hat)

In this Centrify/Red Hat webinar, you will learn how to: centrally manage Linux users from Active Directory; configure Linux using Group Policy; and implement role-based access controls and privilege management.

Implementing Least-Privilege Security Management in Complex Linux and UNIX Environments (with Security Expert Dr. Eugene Schultz)

Examines the challenges around tying entitlements to individuals instead of to root or generic accounts, explains why existing tools such as sudo fall short in complex environments, and shows the value of leveraging Active Directory's centrally managed identities and its rich group- and role-based management capabilities.

Leveraging Your Windows Active Directory Infrastructure to Provide Centralized Identity Management for UNIX, Linux and Mac Systems

Researching the feasibility of leveraging your Active Directory infrastructure to centralize identity management for UNIX, Linux and Mac systems? In this podcast, senior Burton analyst Mark Diodati interviews Centrify's David McNeely on the technical and business reasons for using Active Directory to manage more of your enterprise. Diodati shares some of Burton's findings on the reasons why their customers are looking for Active Directory integration solutions. McNeely explains Centrify's recommendations for a successful integration project. They also discuss leveraging Active Directory's rich group- and role-based management capabilities for fine-grained privilege management of UNIX/Linux systems.

Beyond Authentication: Using Centrify DirectAuthorize for Fine-Grained Access Control and Privilege Management on UNIX & Linux

Join this event to learn why setting access controls and authorizations centrally from Active Directory accounts is a simple, cost-effective, and highly reliable method of addressing IT security best practices and regulatory compliance.

NIS Migration and Management

Enhancing security and streamlining IT processes by replacing your legacy NIS infrastructure with centralized authentication and access control leveraging Microsoft Active Directory

Five Top Benefits of Using Windows Group Policy to Secure and Manage UNIX, Linux and Mac Systems

In this on-demand webinar, Linux, UNIX and Mac admins get an overview of how Group Policy works from Jeremy Moskowitz, author of authoritative works on both Windows Group Policy and Windows/Linux integration. Centrify's David McNeely will then explain the workings of the Group Policy engine that is seamlessly built into DirectControl and the unique benefits of using it for non-Windows policy enforcement. He'll also demonstrate using Windows Group Policy to lock down user and security settings on a Mac desktop system.

Active Directory Authentication for Non-Windows Systems

Centrify CTO Paul Moore and CEO Tom Kemp are featured in this on-demand video interview on Port25, Microsoft's public forum run by its Open Source Software lab. During that interview, Moore conducts an extensive whiteboard session to explain what it takes to authenticate UNIX and Linux systems using Active Directory. In a followup audio podcast, Moore returned to answer questions raised by viewers of the first event.

Mac Desktop Management

Snow Leopard Integration in the Enterprise

Moving to Snow Leopard? Windows Server 2008? Enterprise Desktop Alliance solutions can make the transition smooth for you and your Mac users. Find out how in our webcast: "Snow Leopard Integration in the Enterprise." You'll hear from member companies who make it easy to deploy Snow Leopard and to integrate and manage Macs in a cross-platform environment.

Centralized Mac Home Directories on Windows Servers

The Enterprise Desktop Alliance wants you to attend a new webinar about how your customers can reduce the costs of managing and administering Mac home directories by using Group Logic's ExtremeZ-IP Server and Centrify DirectControl for Mac OS X to deploy them on Windows servers. This webinar is a technical deep dive into how to set up ExtremeZ-IP and Centrify DirectControl to configure DFS-based home directories for Mac users. You'll see how to maintain the Mac client's ability to use its native AFP protocol to talk to the Windows server and how you can rely on Active Directory to manage access.

Integrating the Mac into a Windows Infrastructure - 5 Case Studies

The Enterprise Desktop Alliance wants you to attend a new webinar to help IT professionals learn how to integrate Macs into their Windows environment. Please join us to discover how organizations like yours are getting more from their Mac installations without increasing their overhead.

Simplifying Mac Smart Card Support in Windows Environments

In this on-demand webinar see how easy it is to integrate Macs with smart cards into an Active Directory domain.

Leveraging Your Windows Active Directory Infrastructure to Provide Centralized Identity Management for UNIX, Linux and Mac Systems

Researching the feasibility of leveraging your Active Directory infrastructure to centralize identity management for UNIX, Linux and Mac systems? In this podcast, senior Burton analyst Mark Diodati interviews Centrify's David McNeely on the technical and business reasons for using Active Directory to manage more of your enterprise. Diodati shares some of Burton's findings on the reasons why their customers are looking for Active Directory integration solutions. McNeely explains Centrify's recommendations for a successful integration project. They also discuss leveraging Active Directory's rich group- and role-based management capabilities for fine-grained privilege management of UNIX/Linux systems.

Enterprise Desktop Alliance Webinar

Learn how the Enterprise Desktop Alliance solutions leverage Windows-based administration tools and procedures to manage Macs in enterprise environments.

Five Top Benefits of Using Windows Group Policy to Secure and Manage UNIX, Linux and Mac Systems

In this on-demand webinar, Linux, UNIX and Mac admins get an overview of how Group Policy works from Jeremy Moskowitz, author of authoritative works on both Windows Group Policy and Windows/Linux integration. Centrify's David McNeely will then explain the workings of the Group Policy engine that is seamlessly built into DirectControl and the unique benefits of using it for non-Windows policy enforcement. He'll also demonstrate using Windows Group Policy to lock down user and security settings on a Mac desktop system.

Deploying Macs in the Enterprise

In enterprises large and small, IT managers are increasingly adopting Microsoft Active Directory-based administration tools and procedures to manage their environments. While there are several solutions for authenticating Macs through Active Directory, corporate security, regulatory compliance, and TCO concerns represent additional thorny challenges to Mac adoption. In this free webinar, top industry experts explain what IT managers need to know in order to deploy Macs securely and manage them efficiently within an Active Directory environment.

SAP and Web Single Sign-On

Simplified SSO for Web and ERP: Leveraging Active Directory-Based Single Sign-On to Address Security and Compliance for Web and Enterprise Applications

Join this event to gain a better understanding of the advantages of implementing web and enterprise application single sign-on. Learn why tying entitlements to web, enterprise and B2B applications to Active Directory accounts is a simple, cost-effective, and highly reliable method of addressing IT security best practices and regulatory compliance.

Take the Pain Out of Single Sign-On for SAP on UNIX/Linux

Strengthen security and eliminate end-user frustration with non-intrusive, Active Directory-centric single sign-on for SAP

Secure, Cost-Effective Implementation of Web and Java Application SSO

Leverage Active Directory for secure and cost-effective single sign-on and federation for Apache, WebLogic, JBoss and WebSphere applications

View a 5-Minute Demo
3-Part Webinar Series What Gartner Says About Using Active Directory for Centralized Authentication, Auditing and SSO
White Paper Centralized Identity and Access Management with Active Directory View
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Video Chalktalk Library Detailed overviews of Centrify solutions and technology

Historically, getting Active Directory to work with Linux was a non-trivial, very complex task, Hilf [director of Microsoft's Linux and open source lab] said, before suggesting a product from a Microsoft partner, Centrify DirectControl, as a solution in this regard.

eWeek
August 10, 2005