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SUMMARY
The Centrify DirectControl suite enables a secure, connected computing environment by seamlessly integrating your non-Microsoft systems, web applications, databases and ERP apps, and storage systems with Microsoft Active Directory. With its patent-pending Zone technology, Centrify delivers the only solution that does not require intrusive reconfiguration of existing systems and provides the granular administrative control needed to securely manage a diverse set of systems and applications. With Centrify, you can now fully leverage your investment in Active Directory to significantly strengthen security, reduce infrastructure costs, streamline IT operations, and better comply with regulatory requirements.
Centrify DirectControl has been selected 'Linux Security Product of the Year' by SearchEnterpriseLinux.com
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Key Features & Benefits
Centrify DirectControl's core feature is its ability to enable UNIX, Linux and Mac OS servers and workstations to participate in an Active Directory domain. The Centrify DirectControl Agent effectively turns the host system into an Active Directory client, enabling you to secure that system using the same authentication, access control and Group Policy services currently deployed for your Windows systems.
Additional seamlessly integrated modules snap into the DirectControl Agent to provide services such as single sign-on to web applications, databases and ERP applications. The DirectControl Management Tools include extensions to standard Microsoft management tools, an administration console, out-of-the-box reporting, and an account migration wizard.
With the Centrify DirectControl suite, organizations with diverse IT environments can leverage their investment in Active Directory to:
· Move to a central directory with a single point of administration for user accounts and security policy
· Use DirectControl Zones to provide secure, granular access control and delegated administration
· Extend single sign-on to web applications, databases and ERP applications
· Simplify compliance with regulatory requirements
· Deploy quickly without intrusive changes to existing infrastructure
Identity management is among the top security challenges facing IT departments today. Corporate officers are requiring IT personnel to closely manage, control and audit who has access to what key systems and applications — not only to make their IT environment more secure but also to address compliance requirements. End users also want this problem addressed because they are tired of dealing with multiple usernames and passwords. But the reality is that today's IT environment consists of a diverse set of applications running on a plethora of Windows, UNIX, Linux and Mac systems, with access controlled through multiple, non-integrated identity stores.
Existing identity management products try to address this challenge by synchronizing data across identity stores. These highly complex and proprietary products are costly to deploy and often require painful changes to an existing IT infrastructure. Centrify's vision and approach are different. Our DirectControl solution integrates heterogeneous systems and applications into a secure, connected computing environment with Microsoft Active Directory at its center.
Active Directory is a standards-based, enterprise-class directory that most companies already own. Odds are your organization has already invested substantially in deploying Active Directory to provide all users with email and other basic services.
Centrify enables you to leverage that investment in Active Directory to manage more of your enterprise and remove silos of identity, thereby making identity management not only simpler but more cost effective. Centralizing user account management in Active Directory eliminates common security exposures, such as the existence of orphan accounts and the proliferation of usernames and passwords that your end users need to remember. But you still need to bring the systems into Active Directory in a way that preserves existing security boundaries: you can't have users that should only have access to engineering systems logging into your HR systems.
Centrify's patent-pending Zone technology leverages the power of Active Directory's access control mechanisms to provide even more granular access control within your mixed environment. Any logical collection of mixed UNIX, Linux or Mac systems can be segregated within Active Directory as a Centrify Zone.
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