Cyber-Ark
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About Cyber-Ark
Cyber-Ark Software is harnessing the power of Vaulting Technology to provide solutions for securing and managing highly-sensitive information. These solutions create safe havens that allow enterprises to secure, manage and share information both over the Internet between discrete enterprises or within a single network to manage highly-sensitive information.
Today's enterprises encounter daily examples of why securing the entire network is an impossible task. An enterprise network is inherently very complex and includes a myriad of devices, platforms, applications and operating systems. Accordingly, they face a long list of potential security risks within the network. Most security solutions today are focused on solving discrete security problems across the perimeter of the network. Point products such as Firewalls, VPN's, and Intrusion Detection solutions are examples of this approach to network security.
Cyber-Ark's Enterprise Password Vault enables organisations to secure, manage, automatically change and log all activities associated with all types of Privileged Passwords such as administrator on a Windows server, Root on a UNIX server, Cisco Enable on a Cisco device, as well as embedded passwords found in applications and scripts.
Cyber-Ark's Inter-Business Vault creates an "external" Safe Haven that can be shared between discrete enterprises over the Internet, while the Network Vault is used within the corporate boundaries to "Vault" Critical information. Both products provide unparalleled level of security, performance, and auditing.
What is a Digital Vault?
A digital vault secures data from end-to-end with multiple layers of security, including Encryption (while in transit and at rest), Firewall, Authentication, Access Control, and Auditing.
Cyber-Ark's approach is much like that of a physical vault at a bank. We create an electronic vault, or safe haven, in the network. Regardless of the overall network or security surrounding it, the safe haven is extremely secure. At the same time, Cyber-Ark's unique approach makes this information more accessible-eliminating the traditional tradeoff between accessibility and security.
Today, many companies continue to pour millions of dollars into traditional perimeter security solutions with limited effect. Security breaches and their financial impact continue to rise. Statistically, over 70% of all these network breaches originate from within. Instead of trying to protect every facet of an enterprise network, Cyber-Ark's vaulting solutions create safe havens-distinct areas for storing, protecting and sharing the most critical business information. Cyber-Ark's solution provides everything needed to protect and share information across the extended enterprise.
Cyber-Ark Products
Sensitive Document Vault is a feature-rich secure repository and sharing platform for securing, storing and managing your organisation's most highly senstive information. Sensitive Document Vault places your most important files into discrete vaults that can be viewed via a web-enables interface. With more than ten layers of security working together, these Digital Vaults create an impenetrable electronic vault, or safe haven, in a network.
The Inter-Business Vault enables the creation of secure instant wide area networks (WANs) for connecting enterprises with partners, customers and sub-contractors over the Internet - enabling them to exchange information as if they have deployed a shared WAN, but without actually doing so.
Cyber-Ark's Enterprise Password Vault enables organizations to secure, manage, automatically change and log all activities associated with all types of Privileged Passwords such as administrator on a Windows server, Root on a UNIX server, Cisco Enable on a Cisco device, as well as embedded passwords found in applications and scripts.
Cyber-Ark Industry News
Slump prompts workplace snooping The global economic slump is prompting IT staff to snoop on colleagues, suggests research. A survey of IT workers by Cyber-Ark found that 35% of those questioned had viewed confidential information, such as salaries and redundancy lists. The majority of those questioned, 74%, said they could get round the controls locking away confidential information. Many admitted that they would steal information from businesses if they were fired. Most popular among those pl......
[more] Senatorial campaign data breach documents leaked The campaign of Norm Coleman, the Minnesota Republican senator locked in a vicious recount battle to retain his seat, told political donors on Wednesday that they should cancel their credit cards after financial information of contributors was posted online. Wikileaks.org, a site that anonymously publishes submissions from whistleblowers, released credit card details of some 4,700 of Coleman's supporters and donors after being notified of the iss......
[more] Hackers claim that economic situation is helping them to thrive The economic situation is creating room for vulnerabilities and for mistakes to emerge. Mark Fullbrook, UK director of Cyber-Ark Software, claimed that in a recent meeting with ‘both good and bad hackers' he asked them if the economy was opening up new opportunities for them. He said: “The response was an overwhelming yes, with nearly everyone saying that the cut backs had caused jobs to be outsourced and, with less folks in......
[more] Computer users should have IT intervention when setting passwords Internet users are ‘seriously naïve' when it comes to setting passwords. Cyber-Ark has claimed that the analysis of 28,000 passwords recently stolen from a popular US website and posted on the internet reveals that people ‘are seriously naive when it comes to setting their own passwords' and often take the easy option. The study by Information Week found that 16 per cent of users used a first name, while 14 per cent relied on key......
[more] Privileged accounts create 'gaping hole' for IT security The potential abuse of privileged accounts in the current financial environment is a gaping hole in company security. Mark Fullbrook, director of the UK and Ireland at Cyber-Ark, claimed that with companies either downsizing their IT staff or asking them to accept pay cuts, this is more of a risk than ever before. Fullbrook claimed that the risk is that these accounts are, in the vast majority of cases, completely generic and staff will u......
[more] Many IT staff will work harder for less A survey of over 600 IT staff in New York, London and Amsterdam has shown that over half are concerned about losing their jobs and over a third would be prepared to work longer hours with a 25 per cent pay cut if they could keep their jobs. Overall half of US workers said they would be prepared to work an 80 hour week, compared to 37 per cent in Holland and 27 per cent in the UK. More than one in ten US workers would consider blackmailing their boss to ke......
[more] Cyber-Ark introduces Managed File Transfer solution to provide governance over sensitive data exchange processes Enterprise organizations understand that traditional solutions such as Secure FTP or other home grown file-transfer solutions are not viable and have turned to Managed File Transfer (MFT) systems to accommodate the organisation's need for secure connectivity to third parties. Traditional MFT focuses on technical and operational aspects of file-transfers, such as multi-protocol support......
[more] Cyber-Ark Signs Seven-Figure Deal with Top 10 Global Bank to Provide Privileged Identity Management Solution Cyber-Ark Software, the leading provider of Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Sensitive Information Management and Digital Vault solutions, today announced that one of the world’s largest and most influential global financial institutions has chosen Cyber-Ark’s Privileged Identity Management Suite to secure and manage its privileged identities and application passwords. This seven fi......
[more] The steps of privileged account management implementation A standard part of the application installation process -- be it an operating system, database or other application platform -- is the creation of privileged accounts. Similar to Unix's root and Windows' administrator accounts, privileged accounts are required for platforms to function and are frequently used by system administrators to do their jobs, granting special privileges that average users don't need, and that even administrators......
[more] What's behind the rash of employee cybersnooping? It seems like a month doesn't go by anymore without news of another celebrity's personal data being peeked at by some employee at some workplace where the files are kept. It's news when Britney Spears' hospital records or Barack Obama's passport files get perused. But do these incidents represent a growing risk that privacy and security officers need to move up on their agendas? Certainly we're hearing about more of these incidents. Among the......
[more] One in Three IT Staff Snoop Around Co-Worker's Personal Info Watch out for those geeks you call when your system crashes. According to a recent survey from Newtown, Massachusetts-based Cyber-Ark Software, one in three tech workers admit to using special IT privileges to peek at employees’ confidential data. According to the company, developers of the so-called “Enterprise Password Vault” solution for securing and managing privileged passwords, one-third of IT employe......
[more] Sunderland Council use Digital Safes to tackle crime Sunderland City Council has installed Cyber-Ark’s Inter-Business Vault with the help of Global Secure Systems (GSS), to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour and so improve the lives of its citizens. Information Sharing and Assessment (ISA) is a multi-agency project that allows all the services within Sunderland; such as the blue light services, the council, drug alcohol in action teams etc., to share information and work together closely. U......
[more] Does Californian bank scam highlights need for data vaulting? This is the question that security firm Cyber-Ark asks referring to the case of a California bank employee who sold his employer's computers on eBay - and even pawned them to raise cash - highlights the need for digital data vaulting security within companies of all sizes. "This case illustrates that [sic] good old employee theft is yet another security risk facing organisations," said Mark Fullbrook, Cyber-Ark's UK Directo......
[more] More data protection breaches show need for root and branch review Manufacturers need to constantly review their data protection procedures, warns digital vaulting and data encryption specialist Cyber-Ark as news of another pair of CD-ROMs going walkabout from a UK government agency emerged over the weekend. "The News of the World has revealed that a former contractor for the Department for Work and Pensions had two CD-ROMs containing details of thousands of benefit claimants in her posses......
[more] Cyber-Ark updates password manager tool Cyber-Ark has updated its tool for managing administrator passwords in enterprise environments, featuring enhanced capabilities to remove hard-coded passwords in applications.Enterprise Password Vault (EPV) 4.5, available immediately, provides a higher level of automation and integration when managing group accounts such as those for administrative tasks, Cyber-Ark said. This version also adds support for removing hard-coded application passwords in WebSp......
[more] Companies warned over Internet data Security firm Cyber-Ark has warned companies not to be complacent about the data they allow to flow over the internet, after the European Union announced an investigation into Google for retaining data from its search systems for too long.The EU's Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, a group of officials that advises on privacy policy, asked Google last week to justify the retention of data on its users' internet searches for up to two years.Google's rec......
[more] Risk management: Growing pains As security becomes a board-level concern, those in charge of it can no longer hide behind the doors of the IT department. If you're a chief information or security officer, chances are your job has got, well, just a little bit harder over the past couple of years. Not so long ago, being a CIO or CSO was something of a nice little number, according to Calum MacLeod, European director of Cyber-Ark Software. "You moved upstairs, got the mahogany desk and the Mer......
[more] Today’s Biggest IT Security Menace and 6 Ways to Fight It What is today's biggest IT security threat? IT itself, according to recent reports from IDC and Carnegie Mellon/DoD. To begin with, IDC research finds that enterprise companies rank insider sources as their top security threat (Source: "Privileged Password Management," Sally Hudson, IDC). In addition, research from Carnegie Mellon University for the Department of Defense (DoD) finds that when it comes to insider attacks, 86% of......
[more] Cyber-Ark Joins Oracle Extended Identity Management Ecosystem Cyber-Ark Software today announced that its award-winning solution for Privileged Password Management (PPM), Enterprise Password Vault, is now part of the Oracle® Extended Identity Management Ecosystem. Joint Cyber-Ark and Oracle customers can now benefit from a unified identity management solution for managing and provisioning both personal and shared privileged accounts. As we enter the third year of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations,......
[more] Enterprises wasting millions updating privileged passwords Typical enterprise spends more than $500,000 each year, research claims The costs associated with the manual updating of privileged passwords are becoming "astronomical", according to new research from security firm Cyber-Ark and industry analyst IDC.The companies estimate that the typical enterprise spends more than $500,000 a year simply maintaining and updating privileged passwords.Privileged passwords are the non-personal,......
[more] Cyber-Ark opens Enterprise Password Vault Security vendor Cyber-Ark has launched an appliance version of its digital vaulting software in response to channel demand.The appliance - Enterprise Password Vault - will simplify deployment and shorten implementation time, according to the vendor.Calum Macleod, vice-president of regional sales EMEA at Cyber-Ark, told CRN: "We have seen very strong growth this year, but the solution has always been software based. Our channel partners told u......
[more] Cyber-Ark and Mideye look at mobile alliance Vendor and mobile security specialist combine as to get more partners on board in 2006 Security vendor Cyber-Ark has joined forces with mobile security vendor Mideye to offer two-factor authentication through a mobile phone.
According to Cyber-Ark, which specialises in vaulting technology, the collaboration will allow its channel to revisit customers and offer the technology as a bolt-on, as well as appealing to new customers, particularly in the e-g......
[more] Cyber-Ark and Mideye look at mobile alliance Vendor and mobile security specialist combine as to get more partners on board in 2006 Security vendor Cyber-Ark has joined forces with mobile security vendor Mideye to offer two-factor authentication through a mobile phone.
According to Cyber-Ark, which specialises in vaulting technology, the collaboration will allow its channel to revisit customers and offer the technology as a bolt-on, as well as appealing to new customers, particularly in the e-g......
[more] Computer passwords 'up for grabs' Half of IT managers employed by large-sized companies believe it would be relatively easy to gain the core passwords for their computer systems. That is the warning of a survey by IT security firm Cyber-Ark. It said that 10% of firms never changed their central administrative passwords. A further 5% did not even bother altering the manufacturer's default password that came with the system. The survey also found one IT boss who kept all passwords on his mobile p......
[more] Comerica selects Cyber-Ark Valuting Solutions Companies to Deliver “User-friendly Security” that Automates and Safeguards Confidential Communications with Thousands of Treasury Management Customers over the Internet. Detroit and Dedham, Mass., — May 5, 2003 — Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) and Cyber-Ark® Software Inc. today announced that Comerica’s Treasury Management Services has selected Cyber-Ark’s Vaulting Technology™ to streamline and protect Internet-based communications with thousand......
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