Zero Trust PAM
Zero Trust
Windows Server Security
Windows Servers are often an initial target for attackers, so protecting local administrator access is essential. Once attackers obtain access to local administrator accounts, they can gain full access to local resources. EmpowerID helps you secure these systems in several ways.
Windows Server Security
What This Integration Delivers
Local Computer Privileged Identity Management
Secure your organization with Zero Trust RBAC ABAC and Privileged Session Management
Manage and Record Privileged User Sessions
Zero Trust principles prevent errant actions and establish compliance investigation trails
Windows Server Compliance and Recertification
Eliminate the difficulty of compliance and recertification for virtual machine environments
Watch Windows Server Integration Demo
See how EmpowerID integrates with Windows Server for Zero Trust PAM
Privileged Account Security
Local Computer Privileged Identity Management
If attackers penetrate your defenses in this way, the next step is often to move toward your most valuable network data. They will try to obtain privileged access and expose the wider organization.
From an audit and regulatory perspective for SOX, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FINMA, MAS, FISMA, NERC, and similar frameworks, this is serious. From a security perspective, it can be catastrophic.
EmpowerID helps your organization reduce this risk in several ways, including:
- Inventorying your servers to discover, monitor, and control local users and groups, including local administrators
- Role- and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) policies that control membership in the local administrators group
- Automated password rotation policies for privileged identities
For Windows servers, EmpowerID can also go deeper by inventorying and managing the identities used for Windows Services and IIS Application Pools.
EmpowerID handles these special identities by automating required system updates each time their password is rotated.
Zero Trust Strategy
Manage and Record Privileged User Sessions
Your organization cannot function without privileged accounts. However by their very nature with their nearly unlimited access to system resources they are a liability. Indeed privileged accounts are attributed as being the cause of 62% of security breaches.
Given such probability and risk then time is running out for your organization if they permit such access to continue. That is why EmpowerID adheres to the Zero Trust model.
Zero Trust Model Constraints:
- Minimal access only
- Access should be granted for the minimal time period only
- Access should be proxied and monitored if possible
EmpowerID delivers these through Privileged Session Manager (PSM).
PSM acts as a web-based gateway to provide authorized users with RDP access to on-premise or Cloud Windows servers. Crucially this is always done without exposing the servers to actual network access.
This best practice approach avoids most common malware and hack exploits which rely on network connectivity to the servers they are targeting.
In addition strong adaptive identity verification is enforced and sessions can be optionally recorded as videos for later compliance investigation verification or training purposes.
In all cases the password of the privileged credential is never revealed to the end user. This eliminates the risk of sharing or misuse and helps harden your security perimeter.
Secure Your Windows Servers with Zero Trust
See how EmpowerID protects Windows Servers with privileged access management and session recording.
