Centrify Corporation,
the leader in unified identity management across cloud, mobile and data
center, today announced the launch of Centrify Privilege Service (CPS),
the industry’s first cloud-based identity management solution that
addresses today’s growing gap in security, visibility and control over
privileged accounts. Centrify executives are currently conducting
briefings on CPS at RSA, taking place now at San Francisco’s Moscone
Center, in booth 415.
Essentially “the keys to the kingdom,” privileged accounts provide
elevated access to an organization’s most critical data, applications,
systems and network devices. And as more enterprises embrace the cloud,
privileged accounts increasingly lie outside the corporate perimeter and
are frequently shared by both internal IT and often remote third
parties such as contractors and vendors. Therefore it is no surprise
that privileged accounts are top targets for hackers and malicious
insiders alike.
CPS complements and extends the broad set of capabilities 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). In addition, CPS addresses security
and audit requirements for the management of both cloud-based and
on-premises access to critical production systems and applications by
remote employees and third parties ― all without the hassle of a VPN.
The net result is the most comprehensive and tightly integrated
privileged identity management solution available today that not only
increases security and simplifies compliance, but is also built to span
both cloud and data center infrastructure.
“Identity and privileged accounts are at the center of today’s
ever-growing string of cyberattacks,” said Tom Kemp, CEO and founder of
Centrify.
“Centrify’s modern approach to managing and securing privileged accounts
is in stark contrast to legacy privileged identity management software
offerings that do not address increasingly hybrid IT environments of
on-premises and cloud-based systems. These products also fail to secure
and manage third-party access and utilize cumbersome on-premises
architectures that require expensive perpetual license purchases and
months of professional services. Analysts have been asking when will
the privileged identity management market be disrupted by the cloud, and
we believe CPS is the answer.”
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 best-in-class resource management,
shared password management and privileged session monitoring
capabilities
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 the Centrify Server Suite, an
identity management offering that is deployed by more than 5,000
customers, including almost half of the Fortune 50, to secure
mission-critical servers and improve regulatory compliance. And by
utilizing a pay-as-you-go cloud pricing model, CPS offers dramatically
faster ROI than legacy systems.
“By combining on-premise and cloud capabilities into the same
comprehensive privileged identity management solution, CPS is built for
the future of enterprise IT, which is increasingly a hybrid environment
spanning data centers, cloud and mobile,” said Jeff Williams, systems
integration branch chief for the National Weather Service, Southern
Region. “Key considerations including ease of use, fast deployment,
easy, anywhere access and fast time to value place CPS at the head of
the pack in terms of the next generation of privileged identity
management.”
Availability and Pricing
CPS will be generally available in May. Pricing is $50 per privileged
user per month, with volume and education pricing available.