Avecto Ltd, the leader in Windows privilege management
for corporate desktops, today announced the release of Privilege
Guard 2.0, which includes full integration with Active Directory
Group Policy. "The release of Privilege Guard 2.0 enables
organizations of all sizes to leverage their existing Active
Directory infrastructure to centrally configure and manage
application privileges and implement least privilege", said Mark
Austin, CTO at Avecto.
Policies may be applied to both computer and user sections of
Group Policy, with Active Directory ensuring that client computers
are updated automatically at computer start up, user logon and
during a background refresh. "With Group Policy background refresh
occurring every 90 minutes by default, updates to Privilege Guard
configuration settings can be deployed with ease to an
organization's entire desktop estate", commented Austin.
Privilege Guard 2.0 also includes experimental support for
Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 beta releases.
"Improvements in Windows 7 User Access Control (UAC) reduce the
number of end user consent dialogs, but continue to leave decisions
to run applications with elevated rights in the hands of users",
said Austin. "Allowing users to logon with admin rights is
inappropriate in a corporate environment, as it unnecessarily
relies on users making critical security decisions". Avecto
continues to pioneer the least privilege approach for Microsoft's
much anticipated release of Windows 7, by allowing organizations to
centrally manage the privileges assigned to individual applications
through Group Policy.
Privilege Guard 2.0 is available immediately for Windows XP,
Windows Vista, Window Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, and is
supported on both x86 and x64 platforms.
To download an evaluation of Privilege Guard 2.0 register at www.avecto.com/download
