Cyber Security That’s Hard To Use Is So 1984 – How To Adopt A Modern Approach To Privileged Access Management

On January 29, 2016, Dell Software announced the release of Dell One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. Intended as an update to its privileged password management offerings, the product will not act as a complete replacement to its legacy product, Dell Quest TPAM. Instead, customers will likely be encouraged to migrate to Safeguard, a new product for privileged password management only. Customers will also need to continue TPAM use for privileged session management until the capability is made available in Safeguard. Adding to this inconvenience, Dell customers are not provided with an upgrade path from TPAM to Safeguard. As a result, current customers are also faced with the added expense of professional services required for data migration to the new product. When vendors like Dell offer piecemeal solutions for privileged access, delivering point products with different clunky interfaces, rules and implementation requirements, IT teams are left to juggle multiple solutions, all while trying to manage the day-to-day operations to ensure security and compliance. There are many problems with this approach, not the least of which is the lack of integration and a poor user experience. You’re probably already spending more time than you care to juggling interfaces and cobbling reports together. Adding a replacement solution only makes your job more difficult. So, what’s an IT security pro to do? If you have to migrate privileged access management solutions, it should feel like a true upgrade. We’ve developed a migration program for Dell customers that do just that. Why consider BeyondTrust PowerBroker Password Safe?

• Combines privileged password management, and session management and monitoring with vulnerability management to provide security and IT teams with complete control and visibility into privileged credentials and potential security vulnerabilities in their target systems
• Discovers, manages and monitors all privileged accounts, in any asset or application, eliminating gaps in coverage
• Delivers multiple capabilities in a single platform, shortening deployment timelines and speeding results

All the uncertainty and confusion of this announcement shouldn’t impact your privileged access management or security operations. BeyondTrust can help!