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	June 30, 2008 Privileged User Management Market Overview Centrally Managing System Administrator And Application Credentials by Andras Cser with Jonathan Penn, Allison Viglianti

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Executive Summary

Managing privileged users' access to sensitive systems needs to be centralized, policy-driven, and automated: Manual paper- or spreadsheet-based solutions are insecure, expensive, don't scale, and can't be sufficiently audited. Privileged user and password management (PUPM) encompasses password vault products, fine-grained administrative policy management, and provisioning add-on solutions, all providing efficient and reliable controls for administrator access. Cyber-Ark Software, e-DMZ Security, and Lieberman Software stand out in terms of customer base and adoption in the arena of password safe products. Some identity and access management (IAM) vendors, such as IBM and CA, and smaller provisioning vendors, such as Fischer International and Hitachi ID Systems, don't distribute passwords but are more tightly integrated with identity management solutions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Why Do We Need Privileged User And Password Management Solutions?
• How PUPM Solves Challenges
• The Benefits Of Using A Central Password Safe
• PUPM Vendor Overview

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Even With Auditor Pressure, PUPM Requires A Campaign To Garner Support

WHAT IT MEANS

• PUPM Will Develop Finer Grained Auditing And Access Control
• Related Research Documents

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