PowerBroker for Windows
PowerBroker for Windows is the fastest, easiest and most cost-effective way to secure Windows desktops through the implementation of “least privilege”. Reduce help desk burdens and costs, while increasing the security of your desktop assets.
Your Windows Desktops Don’t Have to Be an Attacker's
Best Friend
PowerBroker for Windows helps organizations significantly improve their desktop security by making it easy to remove administrator privileges from users without impacting productivity. Removing these privileges drastically reduces the attack surface available to malicious users – both internal and external – and malware.
With its powerful automation engine, PowerBroker for Windows lets organizations easily implement security best practices with no impact on end-user productivity. By selectively elevating privileges for applications, software installs, system tasks, scripts, control panel applets and more – reducing help desk burdens and costs while increasing security.
“PowerBroker for Windows is the perfect solution for our IT needs. No longer are we required to ‘punch holes’ in our security in order to complete certain tasks.”Ian Short, Applications Infrastructure Manager,
University of Winchester
Endpoint Security Lifecycle
Key Benefits
- Accurate baseline for all follow-on assessment activities
- Immediate visibility into the breadth of the desktop estate
- Creation of endpoint-specific Smart Groups for regular assessments, risk prioritization and reporting
Key BeyondTrust Capabilities
- Provides complete inventory of server assets (approved and rogue)
- Cataloging of full system information (OS, device, applications, services, ports etc. )
- Discovery of local users, groups and privilege data across the desktop environment
Key Benefits
- Immediately identify applications which require admin privileges
- Automatically generate elevation policies based on audit data
- Complete support for virtual machines
Key BeyondTrust Capabilities
- Identification of vulnerabilities, user non-compliance, misconfigurations, policy violations
- Threat assessments on desktop operating system, applications and configurations
- Custom audits/assessments map directly to internal guidelines
Key Benefits
- "Operational GPS" directs IT to which actions provide the most risk-reduction benefits
- Automated reporting creates consistency and accountability
- Increased velocity of IT operations; faster resolution times
Key BeyondTrust Capabilities
- Implementation of Least Privilege across the enterprise via the elevation of tasks, not users
- Centralized policy management and compliance reporting
- Comprehensive patch management for non-Windows applications and operating systems
Key Benefits
- Receive an immediate ‘state of the union’ with regards to your desktop assets through Risk Scoring
- Greater efficiency via enterprise-centric capabilities such as role based access, internal auditing, ticketing, and integration with existing infrastructure investments
Key BeyondTrust Capabilities
- Centralized management, reporting and logging
- Role based policy, alert and reporting management
- Implementation of deeper endpoint controls and security measures
FEATURES & BENEFITS
Privilege Management,
Made Easy
Grant administrator privileges to applications and tasks – not users - without providing administrator credentials.
Automate Your Way to Better
Security and Compliance
PowerBroker for Windows learns what applications your users run and what privileges are required. Instantly create policies to elevate the right applications for the right users.
Application Control
and Whitelisting
Reduce attack surface, while stopping malware before it is installed by ensuring your users are only running approved applications with the proper privileges.
Physical or Virtual?
Sure
Eliminate administrator privileges across all Windows desktops – with support for virtual, physical and thin clients.
Why BeyondTrust for Desktop Security
- Lower desktop support costs 40% or more by removing Admin and implementing least privilege
- Immediate time to value with extensive reporting, discovery, automated rule generation, and more flexible rules
- Meet internal and external compliance needs by ensuring all users log on with a standard user account
- Eliminates the intentional, accidental, and indirect misuse of privileges on desktops.
- Protect from the internal threat by blocking prohibited applications (such as known hacking tools) from ever running
- Proactively identifies applications that require administrator privileges, before removal of administrator privileges occurs.
- Centrally managed application control and elevation policies for easy auditing and management
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PRODUCT DEMOS
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Implementing Least Privilege Across
A Windows Environment -
A Risk Based Approach to Implementing
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