BeyondTrust Garners "Excellent" Rating from InfoWorld Test Center

Review Validates BeyondTrust Privilege Manager’s Innovative Approach to Least Privilege Management for Enterprise Windows Deployments

Portsmouth, NH—July 24, 2007— BeyondTrust Corporation, the first provider of Least Privilege Management solutions, today announced that BeyondTrust Privilege Manager was awarded an "Excellent" rating from InfoWorld Test Center in a comprehensive technology review. The review, titled "BeyondTrust Keeps Windows Users from Abusing Privileges," awards BeyondTrust Privilege Manager a cumulative score of 9.3 out of 10 for its performance in the categories of user access control, management, scalability, setup and value.

In his review, Contributing Editor Roger Grimes writes: "If you're a Windows shop that insists on the insecure practice of granting users Administrator privileges so they can install software and make configuration changes, BeyondTrust Privilege Manager 3.0 is a great solution for keeping their activities in check. It not only boasts granular controls for defining elevated tasks, it also integrates well with Active Directory."

The review extols how Privilege Manager sets permissions to allow applications to securely run. "If the process or application is previously defined by a Privilege Manager rule stored within an effective GPO (Group Policy Object), the system replaces the process or application's normal security access token with a new one; alternatively, it can add to or remove from the token SIDs (security identifiers) or privileges. Beyond those few changes, Privilege Manager does not modify any other Windows security process. In my opinion, this is a brilliant way to manipulate security because it means administrators can rely on the rest of Windows to function normally."

Finally the review concludes that, "Privilege Manager is a solid, quick solution for decreasing the risks associated with regular end-users acting as administrators."

"This positive evaluation by InfoWorld’s testing labs, one of the most highly regarded labs among technology publications, serves as tremendous validation for BeyondTrust and its talented research and development team," said John Moyer, CEO of BeyondTrust. "This review reinforces the customer feedback we are receiving about Privilege Manager’s unique ability to efficiently and effectively manage user privileges across the enterprise."

For the complete review, please visit: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/28/26TCbeyond_1.html

About BeyondTrust Privilege Manager

BeyondTrust Privilege Manager, initially released in 2004, is the first Least Privilege Management solution for Windows. With Privilege Manager, end users can run all required applications, processes and ActiveX controls without administrative privileges. Privilege Manager allows network administrators to attach permission levels to Windows applications to enforce enterprise security policy while still enabling users to perform approved activities. By removing the need to grant end users administrative rights, IT departments can eliminate what is otherwise the Achilles heel of the desktop – end users with administrative power that can be exploited by malware and malicious users to change security settings, disable other security solutions such as anti-virus and more. Privilege Manager is easy to implement as it plugs directly into Group Policy, the existing Windows security infrastructure. It is completely transparent to the end user, without pop-ups or dialogue boxes, and supports Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, and Vista.

About BeyondTrust
BeyondTrust Corporation, a pioneer in Least Privilege Management, enables enterprises to move beyond the need to trust users with excess privileges or administrator passwords. BeyondTrust Privilege Manager was the first product to enable the security best practice of Least Privilege in Windows environments by allowing administrators to assign end users permissions to required or selected applications. Least Privilege strengthens security by limiting users to the permissions they need to do their jobs. Hundreds of organizations worldwide in industries such as financial, healthcare, government and military rely on BeyondTrust Privilege Manager to secure their enterprises. BeyondTrust is a Microsoft Gold Partner.

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