The GSN 2015 Digital Yearbook
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BeyondTrust<br />
<strong>2015</strong> Winner<br />
<strong>GSN</strong> <strong>2015</strong> DIGITAL YEARBOOK OF HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS RECIPIENTS<br />
IT Security Products and Solutions<br />
Awards Category:<br />
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Best Privileged Access Management Solution<br />
Name of Nominated Product, Service,<br />
or Program:<br />
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PowerBroker for Unix & Linux<br />
Reason this entry deserves to win:<br />
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Whether the goal for attackers is to compromise sensitive<br />
government data, steal personally identifiable information<br />
(PII) or disrupt normal operations, the increasing<br />
sophistication of attacks is making it more difficult<br />
to safeguard the federal government’s cyber critical<br />
infrastructure. Adding to the complexity of cybersecurity<br />
is the compliance landscape for government agencies<br />
that changes with almost every administration. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
are always new requirements – and penalties – that<br />
agencies must anticipate, implement, and report on.<br />
Large-scale information breaches, like the recent Office<br />
of Personnel Management attack, often begin with an attacker<br />
exploiting a single external vulnerability on a lowlevel<br />
system or through contractor credentials, and then<br />
capitalizing on privileges to gain access to critical sys-<br />
tems and data. It is also very possible for a government<br />
employee to abuse access privileges from the inside to<br />
steal sensitive information. One has to look no farther<br />
than Edward Snowden as a proof point. BeyondTrust’s<br />
PowerBroker for Unix & Linux for least privilege helps<br />
balance the privilege requirements of users, with those<br />
of security and compliance teams, for routers/switches,<br />
and mainframes in Unix and Linux environments. <strong>The</strong><br />
solution enables IT Security teams to confidently deploy<br />
secure and compliant network gear, servers and<br />
desktops, while giving employees the correct amount of<br />
privileged access to applications without affecting a user’s<br />
ability to remain productive. <strong>The</strong> result is improved<br />
security, through reduced risk and attack surface, along<br />
with improved system uptime and availability. Sudo<br />
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