BeyondTrust Introduces PowerBroker Desktops 5.0
Latest Version includes Powerful User Interface Enhancements, Streamlined Deployment and Improved Management Features
CARLSBAD, Calif. – April 19, 2011 – BeyondTrust, the leading provider of privilege delegation and authorization management, today announced PowerBroker Desktops 5.0. This new version adds rule generation options and automation, new wizards, enhanced dashboards, and improved organization, helping enterprises maximize network security by allowing desktop users to operate using the least set of privileges necessary to complete their jobs. PowerBroker 5.0 also includes support for Internet Explorer 9, providing network administrators with additional control over what applications and ActiveX controls are installed from the web that require administrator privileges.
“With the release of PowerBroker Desktops, we have made a big leap forward in how quick and easy it is to implement least privilege and remove administrator privileges from end users,” said Peter Beauregard, director of program management at BeyondTrust. “We developed a wide array of new features to make rules easier to create and manage, with more flexible options and a more intuitive user interface.”
“Standard Windows features give enterprises very extreme options of either having administrative access, or not having it, but companies need much more flexibility over what privileged operations they allow users do on their desktops,” said Sally Hudson, research director, security products and services, IDC. “The BeyondTrust offering will provide a solution that will make it easier for Windows environments to develop and configure detailed, granular controls. This will enable a high level of security without impacting productivity.”
The new features of PowerBroker 5.0 include:
- Automatic Rule Generation – This utility makes PowerBroker Desktops the only end-to-end solution on the market for eliminating administrator privileges from users. Applications that require administrator privileges can be automatically detected in passive mode. The Automatic Rule Generator can use that data to reflexively produce a set of suggested rules, eliminating the laborious, time consuming task of manual rule creation. In many cases, the Automatic Rule Generator can save organizations weeks to months in deployment time, significantly reducing the total cost of ownership.
- Item-Level Targeting – The filtering user interface has been re-created with a similar look and feel to familiar Microsoft Group Policy Preferences, providing over two dozen targeting criteria to apply policies at the most granular level.
- New Rule Wizard – With version 5.0, BeyondTrust introduces a basic, easy-to-use, step-by-step wizard for creating new rules.
- Publisher Rule Type – This rule uses digital signature elements to target an application for elevation using the same mechanisms as Microsoft’s AppLocker, based on publisher, product name, original file name and file version. These attributes can be combined in any logical way to generate privilege elevation rules in an interface that is very intuitive and familiar to network administrators that work with AppLocker.
- Rule Collections – Rules can now be grouped logically in a hierarchical fashion, making it easier to manage rules and keep the rule set organized.
- Rule Library – PowerBroker Desktops now includes a library of over 100 rules for applications and tasks that require administrator privileges. The library consists of a broad collection of common applications and tasks ranging from Control Panel Applets to Developer Tools.
- Dashboard - The new dashboard in PowerBroker Desktops consolidates key functionality into one location, improving ease-of-use and presenting key features in a more obvious place. Links to documentation, social media, reports, and other tools are all featured prominently in the user interface.
- Expanded Wildcard Use - Wild card use in rule arguments has been expanded to include the Shell, MSI path, MSI Folder and UAC rules.
"PowerBroker 5.0 is a major leap forward in how policies are managed and deployed. Not only is the release much more intuitive thanks to an updated user interface, but it now goes beyond just integrating with Active Directory and adds functionality such as reporting on rules as well as automatic rule creation that drastically reduces the amount of time required to deploy." Assistant VP, Windows Security, top ten international bank.
About BeyondTrust
Founded in 1985, BeyondTrust is the global leader in privilege authorization management, access control and security solutions for virtualization and cloud computing environments. BeyondTrust empowers IT governance to strengthen security, improve productivity, drive compliance and reduce expense. The company’s products eliminate the risk of intentional, accidental and indirect misuse of privileges on desktops and servers in heterogeneous IT systems. More than half of the companies listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rely on BeyondTrust’s PowerBroker suite of products to secure their enterprises.
Five of the top ten commercial banks and two of America’s largest private companies have adopted PowerBroker to secure guest operating systems and ESX hypervisors in a virtualized environment. For more information, visit www.beyondtrust.com.
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Brian Anderson
BeyondTrust
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banderson@beyondtrust.com
Stefanie Cannon
Gutenberg Communications
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