Privilege Manager provides an extremely effective framework for implementing least privilege policies. The overall concept of least privilege in an enterprise environment is plagued with difficulties. Often, developers have to get involved, code has to be changed, and massive amounts of time will be spent during implementation and dealing with unknowns. Because Privilege Manager integrates with Group Policy, it will significantly simplify the management of application privileges and permissions.
Verdict
Privilege Manager will prove invaluable for implementing and managing a least privileges program. Although long-term management of each application will be complex, it helps cut the job down to size.
Testing methodology: Clients in our AD domain consisted of several Windows 2000 and Windows XP computers with various service packs. A variety of applications were tested including Web sites with ActiveX requirements, DOS-based applications, network-based applications and locally installed programs.
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