The NetIQ Privileged Account Manager offers a four-tiered approach to managing privileged access. This product allows for privilege elevation in order to complete a task, management of shared credentials through the use of policy and approval workflows, manage privileged remote sessions with a system and, finally, manage application-to-application passwords and credentials. This comprehensive approach allows for ultimate management and securing of privileged accounts and their associated passwords. This tool comes as a software-based install that can be set up on a Windows server within the environment. The installation is quite straightforward and also includes a MySQL database backend, which is suitable for most deployments. At the conclusion of the install, all other management is done via a web-based management interface. We found this interface to be easy to use with an intuitive navigation structure and clean layout. From a configuration perspective, this product can pull systems in from Active Directory or systems can be added manually. Once systems are configured within the interface, access to systems and accounts can be done using Active Directory users or groups, as well providing easy integration with the already existing infrastructure. On the user side, users access Privileged Account Manager via a web-based user interface. This interface has an intuitive tab-top design and allows for easy navigation to access systems using RDP or SSH with one click.
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