Avecto Ltd, the leader in Windows privilege
management, today announced the release of Privilege Guard 2.5,
which extends its application privilege management solution to
integrate more closely with User Account Control (UAC).
"On Windows 7 and Vista platforms, Privilege Guard may be
configured to intercept and replace UAC consent dialogs with
Privilege Guard's policy driven elevation, auditing and messaging
capabilities," said Mark Austin, CTO at Avecto. "The ability to
customize the end user message is critical to reducing the help
desk calls that are often generated by inappropriate UAC prompts,
which simply confuse the end user in most situations".
In addition to tighter UAC integration, Privilege Guard 2.5
introduces many new features, including end user messaging,
application control and custom tokens.
The end user messaging capability enables fully customizable
prompts to be displayed to the user, including multi-lingual
support and the option to force the user to provide a reason or
re-authenticate before an application is launched or elevated.
With the introduction of application control in Privilege Guard,
it is now possible to use a single solution to control which
applications run, and the privileges assigned to those
applications. For blocked applications, users may be provided with
the option to email a request to run an application.
Custom tokens allow application privileges to be locked down
more precisely, by granting an application only the privileges it
requires to function under a standard user account. In addition to
providing a more granular least privilege approach, custom tokens
may also be used to restrict access to resources for particular
applications.
By integrating closely with Active Directory Group Policy,
Privilege Guard delivers a centralized policy driven solution,
which requires no additional backend infrastructure. All users log
on with a standard user account, and Privilege Guard elevates the
rights of individual applications based on policy settings. With
Privilege Guard it is no longer necessary to give users local admin
rights on desktops or servers, leading to increased security and
reduced support costs.
Privilege Guard is available on Windows XP, Windows Vista and
Windows 7. It is also supported on Windows server operating
systems.
To find out about the other new features in Privilege Guard 2.5
and to download an evaluation, register at www.avecto.com/download.
