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FoxT Extends Access Controls Management to Virtual Servers
FoxT Extends Access Controls Management to Virtual Servers
Mar. 12, 2008 02:01 PM
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/12/08 -- Fox Technologies, Incorporated, (FoxT), a
leading provider of comprehensive Enterprise Access Control Management
solutions, today announced the extension of BoKS Access Control for Servers
to include support for virtual servers. Supported virtual platforms include
VMWare ESX, IBM virtual I/O, IBM z-Series mainframes, Xen Virtualization,
and Solaris Zones.
"While virtualization offers organizations great opportunities to reduce
costs and increase business agility, it can also compound access control
challenges," stated Per Eliasson, VP of Engineering at FoxT. "The new
extension of BoKS Access Control for Servers enables organizations to
centralize the management of user populations on both virtual and
non-virtual servers, giving organizations the ability to maintain control,
while taking advantage of the many business benefits of server
virtualization."
Using BoKS Access Control for Servers, organizations can centrally
configure, administer, and enforce their security policies and user
accounts across diverse UNIX, Linux, and Windows domains. The support for
virtualized servers enables organizations using BoKS Access Control for
Servers to:
-- Enforce common access and authentication policies across virtual and
non-virtual servers
-- Centrally manage user populations on virtual servers from the same
BoKS administration console
-- Automatically provision users to virtual machines by adding the
machines to managed host groups
-- Dynamically register and de-register the hosts for virtual machines
that are used sporadically, and automatically update user passwords
-- Centrally scan virtual machines for vulnerabilities using BoKS
integrity checking
-- Centrally monitor configurable files across the network for changes,
including files residing on virtual machines
-- Centrally log user access to virtual machines for consolidated IT
audit reporting
"To reduce their carbon footprint, our customers are consolidating servers
in their large data centers into virtualized environments. Giving
organizations the ability to control access to both virtual and non-virtual
servers using a common solution is another great example of our commitment
to provide best-in-class enterprise access control management solutions to
the marketplace," said Subhash Tantry, CEO at FoxT. "We want to make sure
organizations can take advantage of technology advances, whether it is SSH,
smart cards, mobile devices, or virtualization, without jeopardizing the
control they need to have over their IT environments."
About FoxT
FoxT's comprehensive Enterprise Access Control Management solution suite
enables organizations to centrally manage and control access to operating
system services, configuration services, business applications, and
information, on wired or wireless devices. The ability to centrally
administer, authenticate, authorize, and audit the IT infrastructure
enables organizations to simplify audits and compliance, strengthen
security, and streamline IT operations. Headquartered in Mountain View,
California, FoxT serves Global 1000 customers in 32 countries.
Contact:
Elliott Zember
VP-Marketing
Elliott.zember@foxt.com
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