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Centrify: Active Directory Meets UNIX and Linux

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

TheVarGuy.com
There’s a few players in the arena right now for getting your UNIX and Linux boxes to play nice with Microsoft Active Directory, but Centrify wants your attention. They take securing your network seriously but do it with what claims to be a simple solution that VARs and MSPs might want to take note at, especially if you’re a VAR setting up and managing data centers.

Centrify Adds Ability to Manage Machine Identities and 'Trusted' Communications

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

The 451 Group
Centrify has released its Centrify Suite 2010 that incorporates a unified discovery, user management and administration management tool called DirectManage. [Registration Required].

Los Angeles Tech-Security Conference

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Los Angeles, CA
Mar 18

Minneapolis Tech-Security Conference

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Minneapolis, MN
Apr 8

What is DirectAccess and How You Can Extend it to Non-Microsoft Platforms (e.g. UNIX, Linux)

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:59:00 GMT

It was three years ago that Bill Gates made his last appearance at the RSA Conference and introduced the Microsoft vision of “Secure Anywhere Access in a Connected World.” It was 2 years later that part of that vision became reality with the introduction of technology in Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 called DirectAccess. In this blog post I will give an overview of DirectAccess and discuss how Centrify DirectSecure embraces and extends it to non-Microsoft platforms; i.e. even better together.

How DirectSecure Encrypts Data in Motion and Why You Need It

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:59:00 GMT

DirectSecure can optionally encrypt data in motion. Here are two immediate reasons why you need it.

UNIX and Linux Access Controls Leveraging Active Directory Groups

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Centrify Product Manager David McNeely shows how the DirectManage Zone Provisioning Agent allows you to set up Active Directory groups that correspond to the access rights you want users to have on Centrify Zones of UNIX, Linux and Mac systems.

Centralized Management of UNIX, Linux and Mac

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Learn how to manage your UNIX, Linux, Mac and Active Directory environments using Centrify's collection of powerful tools featuring automation of software deployment, machine configuration, software inventory and management, account migration, and user zone provisioning.

Centrify Suite 2010 Expands Ability to Ensure Higher Levels of Trust, Control and Compliance in the Data Center

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Centrify Delivers DirectSecure for Next-Generation Protection of Cross-Platform Systems

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Centrify Enabled Samba

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Samba, one of the most popular Open Source technologies in use, allows IT administrators to share directories and files hosted on UNIX and Linux systems with Windows users. However, Samba can be difficult to deploy, and its inability to centrally store UNIX identity information in Active Directory makes it unworkable in most enterprise scenarios. This white paper describes how you can use Centrify DirectControl to make Samba more secure, more manageable, and enterprise ready.

FISMA Compliance through Centralized Identity and Access Management Leveraging Microsoft Active Directory

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) lays out a comprehensive set of security requirements that are currently top-of-mind for federal IT managers. FISMA addresses security issues in a comprehensive manner, covering everything from identity management to physical building security. This white paper focuses specifically on identity and access management (IAM) issues, using the guidance provided by NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 2, Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems, as a roadmap.

Go after a Large Market that Can Be Penetrated in a Cost-Effective Manner

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:59:00 GMT

Welcome back to my series on what I consider to be the "key DNA" elements that your product and company must have to be successful in the infrastructure software market. In this blog entry I talk about DNA element #4, which is: try to make sure that your product really plays in a large market that can be penetrated in a cost-effective manner.

Is it a Feature or a Product or a Mini-Platform?

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:59:00 GMT

Welcome to the third post in my Entrepreneurship in the Infrastructure Software Market (EISM) blog. In these initial set of postings I am blogging on what I think are some of the key DNA elements required to be successful in this market. As expected, luck of course is DNA element #1. In my last post I discussed DNA element #2, which is your solution must be considered by the customer as being "must have," and discussed the importance of vetting this well before full-blown development of your product has begun and really determining how likely customers would be willing to replace an existing piece of infrastructure for your solution. In this post I will discuss key DNA element #3, which is you should ensure that whatever infrastructure software solution that you build and release has the ability to morph fairly rapidly and easily beyond what can be perceived as a feature of the underlying platform and into something that can become a mini-platform unto itself.