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CyberArk Expands Privileged Account Security Solution to Include SSH Key ManagementNEWTON, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the company that protects organizations from cyber attacks that have made their way inside the network perimeter, today introduced comprehensive Secure Shell (SSH) key management with the release of version nine of CyberArk Privileged Account Security Solution. Customers can now secure and manage SSH keys as well as other privileged credentials in a single, integrated platform to identify, manage and protect against advanced external attackers and malicious insiders. Widely used by IT teams to get direct, root access to critical systems, SSH keys are often created without any oversight or management, essentially providing ongoing, uncontrolled privileged access to the target system. Research by Ponemon Institute (News - Alert) showed that three out of four enterprises have no security controls in place for SSH keys and that 51 percent of enterprises have already experienced an SSH key-related compromise.1 Further, because SSH keys are commonly used in automated application-to-application authentication, keys can be created, distributed and never thought of again, leaving systems riddled with unknown and undocumented vulnerabilities ready to be exploited. "Cyber attackers know that hundreds of thousands of SSH keys exist in large enterprises and they exploit this situation to gain privileged access to critical systems. In an attempt to simplify trust and connectivity, organizations unwittingly leave giant holes in their defences," said Roy Adar, vice president of product management, CyberArk. "Our focus is on preventing exploited privileged accounts through any attack vector, and therefore the protection of SSH keys is a natural expansion for our Privileged Account Security solution - one that will immediately improve our customers' security." Key benefits include:
In addition to SSH key management, CyberArk Privileged Account Security Solution v9 enables customers to:
CyberArk SSH Key Manager and CyberArk Privileged Account Security Solution v9 will be generally available worldwide in November, 2014. CyberArk SSH Key Manager is licensed on a per target server basis. Additional resources can be found here:
About CyberArk Copyright © 2014 CyberArk Software. All Rights Reserved. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. 1 "The Ponemon 2014 SSH Security Vulnerability Report," Feb. 2014
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