Make Root Access Control Simple

• Securely delegate privileges and authorization without disclosing the root password on Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X platforms
• Automated event and I/O log reviews, approval workflows, and audit trails
• (w/ PBMC integration)
• Brokers permissions transparently, ensuring user productivity and compliance
• Logs all environment information, including real-time keystroke logging
• Understanding what administrators are authorized to access what systems and perform certain tasks gives managers a real picture of their security landscape, as well as provides accountability and meets compliance

PowerBroker for Servers® empowers system administrators with the ability to delegate privileges and authorization without disclosing the root password on Unix/Linux and Mac OS X platforms. PowerBroker for Servers equips enterprises with highly flexible policy language unifying security across multiple platforms. PowerBroker for Servers also offers comprehensive logging, which includes audit-ready reports, addressing the present-day pressure for enterprise compliance and control.

PowerBroker for Servers® is a comprehensive IT security and accountability solution designed for an organization to increase collaboration without compromising security. PowerBroker for Servers provides relief from any type of misuse of privilege and seals the primary attack point for data breaches and unauthorized transactions.

Delegate Privileges with Certainty and Clarity

Security
• PowerBroker for Servers granularly controls user access to files, directories, and third-party applications/accounts (e.g., Oracle®, MYSQL®, SAP®)
• Restrict command line interface (CLI) access to programs and applications
• Support for 30 encryption methods for policies, logs and network traffic
• Integrates with SafeNet Luna SA HSM (Hardware Security Module) to provide powerful hardware-key management for U.S. and Canadian government agencies requiring FIPS 140-2, Level 2 and Level 3 validation
• Redundancy checks and checksum verification for Trojan protection
• Block execution of specific commands

Compliance
• Implement a consistent protocol of access control across Unix/Linux platforms.
• Integrates with PBMC
  • Automated workflows for policy creation and change management to comply with segregation of duties and security best-practices
  • Automated workflows for event and I/O log reviews and acknowledgements, and centralized audit trails, for streamlined audit support and heightened security awareness
• Comprehensive keystroke logs
• Audit-friendly log viewer and reporting
• Entitlement Reporting illustrating which users are authorized to perform what tasks, from what machine, and between what periods of time

Productivity
• User-friendly console reduces costs by integrating all policies, roles and log data from multiple hosts
• Rapidly deployable solution, requiring no system reboots or kernel modifications
• Optional failover servers are available for fault tolerant or load balanced operations
• Highly-configurable to handle system operations on either side of a firewall
• Centralized management of multiple PowerBroker Master Servers through a single web based management console with automated policy propagation, to simplify administration and lower costs in complex IT environments
• Automated log centralization for multi-server deployments, to streamline audit and compliance support and to reduce costs through consolidation of logging resources

Screenshots

Entitlement Report

Entitlement Report

Entitlement Report

Policy File Editor

Keystroke Log Viewer

Event Log Reporter

Event Log Reporter

Event Log Reporter

Supported Unix/Linux
Platforms
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