Centrify Partners with FishNet Security to Provide Solutions for Data Center Security and Compliance

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Centrify Corporation, the leader in securing and auditing access to cross-platform systems and applications through Active Directory, today announced it has established a partnership agreement whereby FishNet Security will provide Centrify solutions, support, and related professional services to organizations who want to enhance their data center security by centralizing access control and privilege management for all of their non-Windows servers and desktops within Active Directory.  FishNet Security will sell and support Centrify's security and compliance solutions from all of their offices throughout North America.

"FishNet Security is pleased to include the Centrify Suite in our solution set," said Gordon Shevlin, executive vice president of business development for FishNet Security. "Adding Centrify's identity consolidation and access control solutions strengthens our already comprehensive array of IT product and service offerings, allowing us to better serve our customers' security and compliance needs."

"We value the insights and expertise that FishNet Security provides organizations to help ensure that their corporate data centers are secure and compliant with regulations," said Frank Cabri, vice president of marketing at Centrify. "We are very pleased to partner with Fishnet Security who shares our commitment to customer value."

Compliance requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA and PCI, as well as security best practices, dictate that organizations limit access to business-critical systems only to named users whose job role requires it, and they must audit and report on actions taken by those users.  In cross-platform environments, establishing accountability by linking privileges and actions to named users can be a complex task. Though Active Directory provides a central repository for Windows user accounts, privileges to UNIX and Linux systems in particular may reside in multiple identity silos, or they may be managed locally system by system. Together, Centrify and Fishnet address these IT security and compliance requirements with a comprehensive identity and access management solution that uses Microsoft Active Directory to centralize authentication, administration, access control, authorization and auditing of non-Microsoft systems and applications—whether physical or virtual, on-premise or cloud-based.

About the Centrify Suite

The Centrify Suite centrally secures cross-platform data centers through Active Directory-based identity and access management of the industry's widest range of heterogeneous systems, hypervisors and applications. Built on an integrated architecture that leverages our patented technology, the Centrify Suite of solutions enables organizations to reduce IT expense and complexity, improve end-user productivity through single sign-on, strengthen security and enhance regulatory compliance initiatives. Key components of the Centrify Suite include integrated authentication, access control, role-based privilege management, user-level auditing and server protection solutions, consisting of Centrify DirectControl, Centrify DirectAuthorize, Centrify DirectAudit, Centrify DirectSecure, and Centrify DirectManage.

About FishNet Security

FishNet Security is the nation's leading provider of information security solutions that combine technology, services, support and training. Organizations are opening their computing environments to accelerate business initiatives. Unfortunately, with limited budget and resources to manage risk, uninformed decisions result in data breaches, negative publicity, decreased revenue, and disruption of services. Providing the most comprehensive security offering, FishNet Security enables clients to manage risk, meet compliance requirements, and reduce costs while maximizing security effectiveness and operational efficiency. Unlike Systems Integrators, Technology Resellers, and VARS, FishNet Security is committed to information security excellence and has a track record of delivering quality solutions to over 4,500 clients nationwide. Visit fishnetsecurity.com

About Centrify

Centrify is the leader in securing and auditing access to cross-platform systems and applications through Active Directory. From the data center and into the cloud, Centrify's identity consolidation and privilege management solutions are used by over 2500 organizations to reduce IT expenses, strengthen security and meet compliance requirements. Built on a common architecture, the Centrify Suite delivers secure authentication, role-based access control, privileged identity management, user-level auditing, server isolation and encryption of data-in-motion for the industry's broadest set of systems, hypervisors and applications. For more information about Centrify and its solutions, call +1 (408) 542-7500 or visit www.centrify.com.

Centrify, DirectControl and DirectAudit are registered trademarks and DirectAuthorize, DirectSecure, DirectControl Express and DirectManage are trademarks of Centrify Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other product and company names used in this document may be trademarks of their respective companies.

SOURCE Centrify Corporation