SECURITY
NEWS
One Identity helps secure critical
infrastructure providers transitioning to
a remote workforce
One Identity is offering all critical
infrastructure providers free use
of One Identity Safeguard for
Privileged Sessions.
As emergency services, public
health organisations, utilities and
other critical organisations rush
to enable as many remote workers as
possible, best practices for keeping users
secure have understandably become an
ongoing challenge.
To help, One Identity, a proven leader in
identity-centred security, is offering free
use of One Identity Safeguard for Privileged
Sessions for six months to all critical
infrastructure providers.
Organisations rely on privileged IT users to
configure systems and perform vital functions
so their enterprises stay up and running. If
this privileged access is not controlled as it
shifts to remote administration, they will face
heightened risk. Unmanaged privileged access
opens the door to attackers who can leverage
it to steal data or compromise systems. One
Identity’s Safeguard for Privileged Sessions
enables organisations to reduce this risk by
monitoring and managing privileged access
without hindering productivity. The solution
deploys quickly and mitigates risk of a
security breach by monitoring and managing
privileged access to an enterprise’s most
critical systems.
“These are unprecedented times and
organisations across all industries are
being pushed to adapt quickly with little
guidance on how to do so, potentially
leaving them vulnerable,” said David
Earhart, President and General Manager
of One Identity.
“At One Identity we want to support
those critical infrastructure providers who
are being asked to do so much right now,
by providing them the privileged access
management capabilities they need to keep
their systems secure without getting in the
way of their essential missions.”
To support essential businesses that
are working through challenging IT
transitions right now, One Identity’s
Safeguard for Privileged Sessions will
provide numerous benefits:
Fast and simple remote deployment:
With a rapid appliance-based deployment
and simplified traffic re-routing, One Identity
Safeguard can have organisations recording
and securing sessions in a matter of days
without disrupting users.
Record and monitor all session activity
of remote admins, vendors and contractors:
All session activity, down to the individual
keystroke, mouse movement and Windows
viewed – is captured, indexed and stored in
tamper-proof audit trails that can be viewed
like a video and searched like a database.
Real-time alerting and blocking of
potential attacks or rogue users: The
solution monitors traffic in real-time
and executes various actions if a certain
pattern appears. In the case of detecting a
suspicious user action, Safeguard can log
the event, send an alert or immediately
terminate the session.
“This offer is an important and valuable
addition to the armoury that our customers
have to protect themselves as they extend to
a more remote working situation,” concluded
Andrew Clarke, Global Head of Channel and
Alliances, One Identity.
“Our talented partners will be able to
help critical infrastructure organisations
get the most out of the solution, as it does
require integration with existing systems
to be of benefit to them. Our partners can
also step in an provide a managed service
approach, too.” •
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