Government Security News 2016 Digital Yearbook

2016
GSN 2016 DIGITAL YEARBOOK OF HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS RECIPIENTS
Vendors of IT and Cybersecurity Products and Solutions
Centrify Corporation
2016 Finalist
Awards Category:
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Best Privileged Access Management Solution
Reason this entry deserves to win:
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With the constant forward progress of technology and
the major shift to cloud-based systems, government
agencies require a modern approach to managing and
securing privileged accounts. Centrify Privilege Service
(CPS) addresses increasingly hybrid IT environments
of on-premises and cloud-based systems, and closes today’s
growing gap in security, visibility and control over
privileged accounts. CPS provides security for modern
government agencies – where IT is increasingly outside
the firewall – with a secure cloud-based service that is
easy to implement and delivers quick ROI.
CPS is delivered as a modern, multi-tenant cloud
service, available in 15 languages from 10 data centers
across the world and with rich support for mobile
devices. CPS is built on the proven Centrify Identity
Platform, which powers the Centrify Identity Service,
the industry’s first entirely cloud-based solution for
integrated identity, mobility and Mac management. CPS
also complements and extends the broad set of capabili-
ties for identity consolidation, privilege management
and privileged session auditing found in the flagship
Centrify Server Suite by providing shared account
password management for servers, network devices and
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).
With CPS, government agencies minimize risks associated
with privileged accounts – that are increasingly
the focus of hackers and malicious insiders – by enforcing
centralized control over who can access shared
credentials. And by leveraging privileged session monitoring
and access reporting, government agencies make
compliance efforts for privileged accounts efficient and
effective. Additionally, government agencies achieve a
future-proofed identity and access management strategy.
CPS offers numerous security capabilities for stakeholders
in the IT chain of command. Highlights include
the power to:
• Centrally manage emergency access to all servers
and network devices in break-glass scenarios
• Grant secure, cloud-based access for remote and
outsourced IT staff to servers and network
devices, without giving VPN access to the full
data center
• Secure access to on-premises servers, network
devices and Infrastructure-as-a-Service via bestin-class
resource management, shared password
management and privileged session monitoring
capabilities
This entry deserves to win because CPS is the most
comprehensive and tightly integrated privileged identity
management solution available today. It increases
security, simplifies compliance and spans both cloud
and data center infrastructure. CPS has also been wellreceived
and successfully deployed in numerous government
IT infrastructures. By utilizing a pay-as-you-go
cloud pricing model, CPS implementation
has resulted in dramatically
faster ROI than legacy
systems.
Centrify has an extensive history
of delivering data center,
cloud and mobile solutions for
the federal market. Centrify is
trusted by over 100 top government
agencies, including the
FDA, Raytheon, U.S. Army and
U.S. Air Force.
Link to Web Page of Nominated Organization:
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https://www.centrify.com/
Link to additional information:
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Centrify Privilege Service product overview:
https://www.centrify.com/products/privilege-service/
Nominating contact for this entry:
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Elise Vue, Senior Account Executive
Finn Partners
office: (415) 249 -6767
cell: (415) 654-8753
Nominating organization address:
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Finn Partners
101 Montgomery Street #1500
San Francisco, CA 94104
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