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IT Security & Access Control

Strengthen IT security with Active Directory-centric access control and policy enforcement for UNIX, Linux and Mac systems and applications

The Challenge

One of the most difficult questions asked of IT security managers in cross-platform environments is: Can you prove which users have access to a specific business-critical system or application?

For Linux and UNIX systems in particular, access controls might be stored in insecure legacy systems such as NIS or managed locally system by system. Passwords to superuser accounts may be shared among many individuals. Or a single user may have multiple identities across systems.

The Centrify Solution

Centrify addresses this challenge by giving organizations a global view of access controls and user permissions, tied to a single, centrally managed Active Directory identity. With the Centrify Suite, you can:

Associate all access rights and privileges on audited systems to individual Active Directory accounts
Define logical sets of systems that can have their own authorized users, administrators, and security policies, with centralized reporting of who has access to what systems
Implement role-based access controls and limit superuser privileges to just the set of commands they need to perform their jobs
Add additional layers of security by isolating and protecting systems holding sensitive information.
Capture detailed logs of all user actions, and system responses, to monitor for suspicious activity
Globally enforce consistent security and configuration policies (via Windows Group Policy) across a heterogeneous enterprise

Learn More

White Paper	Software Firm Eases Compliance, Improves Security by Linking Heterogeneous Systems (by Microsoft)
White Paper	Implementing Detailed User-Level Auditing of UNIX and Linux Systems Using Centrify DirectAudit
White Paper	Centrify DirectControl & Regulatory Compliance
White Paper	Centrify Adds Value to Active Directory - And the Business (by Enterprise Strategy Group)
Customer Story	Yodlee Has Secured Their Clients' Data with DirectAudit
Customer Story	PaeTec Communications Increases Security and Reduces Administrative Overhead with DirectControl
Webinar	The 60-Minute IT Compliance Formula (with Security Expert Rolf von Roessing)
Webinar	Solving the PCI Puzzle (with Security Expert Dr. Eugene Schultz)
On-Demand Webinar	Enhancing Compliance and Troubleshooting with Detailed Auditing and Session Replay for UNIX and Linux
On-Demand Webinar	Beyond Logging: Addressing Security and Compliance with Detailed Audit Trails Linked to Active Directory
Podcast	Leveraging Your Windows Active Directory Infrastructure to Provide Centralized Identity Management for UNIX, Linux and Mac Systems
Blog Post	Auditing UNIX and Linux Systems
Blog Post	Fannie Mae Incident Reveals Need to Manage and Monitor UNIX Root Access
Video Chalktalk	Introducing Centrify DirectAudit
Video Chalktalk	Centralized Management of UNIX, Linux and Mac
Video Chalktalk	UNIX and Linux Access Controls Leveraging Active Directory Groups
Video Chalktalk	Implementing Centralized Identity Management for UNIX/Linux with DirectControl Zones

Next Steps

Product Information

The Centrify Suite

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

Microsoft is pleased to partner with Centrify to help customers extend the use of Active Directory to their heterogeneous systems and applications, and now with Centrify's support for Microsoft ADFS this interoperability has been extended to Web Single Sign-on federated identity management scenarios.

Michael Stephenson
Director, Windows Server Division
Microsoft Corp.

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