Implementing proactive protection and securing privilege on the endpoints is necessary to reduce the attack surface and prevent an attacker from gaining a foothold. Take away Admin rights and make everything go through IT, then the security team is happy. But the users won’t be pleased about it. Ultimately, getting everything right and keeping every team happy is very hard.
It will all be fine until IT finds itself swamped with installation requests and can’t keep up. This leads to decreased productivity for the users while they await access to systems and software that their job role requires.
How about keeping your organization secure and keeping users as well as security teams happy and pleased?
CyberArk’s Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM) makes the above scenario plausible.
What is Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM) ?
Endpoint Privilege Manager provides a layered solution to secure privilege on the endpoints. It encompasses least privilege, application control, and behavioural analytics.
EPM ensures continued productivity by automatically allowing trusted applications to run. Simultaneously, removing admin privileges effectively reduces the attack surface. With Application Control, businesses can identify, block & contain malicious software on the endpoint. Thus, mitigating the risk of attackers gaining a foothold in your organization. For unknown software that may pose a threat, the grey listing makes it possible to allow restricted access. Thereby limiting its impact on the environment if it is malicious while also supporting user productivity.
However, EPM is about more than just protection. Behavioural analytics provide a secure layer of detection around the one thing every attacker is after – “Account Credentials”. Businesses can identify and block attempts to credential theft. Protection from such attempts from a single, lightweight agent with an intuitive & informative management console.
EPM is part of the integrated CyberArk Privilege Security Solution. By automating privileged management, businesses can put the fundamental building blocks in place. Thus, secure privilege at the endpoints across the entire organization.
Highlights of Endpoint Privilege Manager
- Streamlining IT workflows and hardening endpoints without impacting productivity.
- Disabling local admin permissions, making no room for vulnerability exploitation.
- Addressing specific regulatory requirements while also establishing an audit trail for privileged actions.
- Aligning robust security to business objectives and encouraging user independence and flexibility.
Wrap Up
Identity management is critical & plays an integral role in the Cybersecurity world. Businesses must deploy role-based least privilege while securing systems with multi-layered endpoint privilege security controls. Endpoint cyberattacks could be disastrous ranging from disruption to extortion.
EPM simplifies deployment while streamlining IT operations. An integrated identity security platform helps organizations deploy the least privilege and secure them against ransomware. With comprehensive out-of-the-box integration support and a configurable API, businesses could fortify themselves against privilege misuse, security exploits, and more.
EPM focuses specifically on endpoint protection by enforcing least privilege policies, restricting administrative privileges, and controlling application execution. It helps organizations mitigate the risk of cyberattacks, malware infections, and unauthorized access by preventing malicious activities from being executed on endpoints.
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Working IT professional and a Cyber Security enthusiast. Passionate to write about Cyber Security topics and Solutions. I share my insights as I study articles and trending topics in the field of Cyber Security.
