Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Product review: e-DMZ Security's eGuardPost"
This article is part of the March 2007 issue of Compliance vs. security: Prevent an either-or mentality
ACCESS CONTROL eGuardPost REVIEWED BY STEVEN WEIL e-DMZ Security Price: Starts at $12,500 for five concurrent sessions @exb @exe Secure remote vendor and system administrator access to information systems is a critical business requirement for many organizations, but it can be a challenge to manage and audit. While VPNs are fine for most users, they can require client software and don't offer the level of audit and forensic capabilities demanded by regulatory requirements and high-security environments. eGuardPost is a hardened appliance that can be used to secure, manage and audit these sensitive connections. Policy Control B+ eGuardPost allows security managers to apply granular access controls to remote connections. The appliance comes bundled with Security's Password Auto Repository (PAR), e-DMZ's flagship product, which securely stores and manages administrative passwords. We were able to successfully create multiple users and enforce a variety of access controls on them. Once users log in via HTTPS and are authenticated via RSA Security's SecurID, ... Access >>>
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