Avecto Ltd the leader in Windows privilege management today
announced the official launch of the company, its website (www.avecto.com) and its
innovative new product, Privilege Guard. "Avecto has been
launched with the intention of plugging a clear gap that exists on
the corporate desktop", said Mark Austin, the company's Chief
Technology Officer. Mark has over 20 years experience in the IT
industry, across a range of disciplines, including real-time
computing, artificial intelligence, desktop security and systems
management.
Mark went on to say, "In my experience working with large
organizations, the challenge of running users with standard rights
continues to be a major issue. With complex application sets and a
demanding user base, forcing users to logon with standard rights
usually requires compromises that not only affect a user's ability
to perform their day to day tasks, but also puts an added burden on
the IT department to perform trivial administration tasks. It is no
surprise that many organizations have taken the difficult decision
to compromise on security and continue to let corporate users logon
with local admin rights, as it is too difficult or costly to remove
these privileges completely."
With the release of Avecto Privilege Guard,
organizations can finally run users with standard rights, without
the associated effort, costs and compromises that would otherwise
be incurred. Privilege Guard enables organization to
adopt the principle of least privilege, where users logon with
minimal rights, and applications are assigned the necessary
privileges to perform the task in hand, all under the control of
policies that are defined by the IT department.
Paul Kenyon, VP of Sales, said "Eliminating admin rights will
have a significant impact on increasing the security of the
enterprise. Our goal is to bring this about." Paul has 20 years of
experience in sales, with 15 years in the IT industry. "With many
organizations under strict guidelines to create compliant and
secure desktops, adhering to standards such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
and HIPAA, the concept of least privilege is gaining in popularity.
Avecto are looking to help organizations implement a practical
solution to this problem."
