Privileged Access Manager

Even if you have a small business, there is a good chance that you should implement a least privilege policy.  Not only can you control the amount of information that your employees have access to, but you can also keep an eye on the productivity of your workers.  With a least privilege policy, you will find that you can control the websites and other computer programs that your employees can view, and that can boost the amount of work done each day.  There are so many benefits to these security measures that it might be irresponsible not to consider the software that could make them happen.

By defining specific clearance levels for your employees, you can cut down on the chances of accidental or purposeful downloads of malicious programs.  Many times, your employees do not realize the spyware, malware, and viruses that are rampant among their favorite websites.  Without even meaning to, they could introduce harmful programs to your network.  When you reduce the number of websites they can visit during the day, you also cut down on the chances that those viruses will affect your company. Read more…

What type of company are you running? No matter your answer, you can benefit from applying the least privilege access principle to your business when it comes to access to your computer system and files. Any company that has financial information or customer information in the databases is going to be able to benefit from this. If you are in the medical field, you can be sure that you want to limit the access that employees have to records and financial information. As you can see, just about every company in existence needs to have some type of system in place that will reduce the number of people with access to sensitive files.

Of course, it isn’t fear of your own employees that should spur you to adding the least privilege concept to your own company! Most of the time, you will be able to trust the people you hire, and most of them won’t even consider accessing areas of the system that they shouldn’t. However, they might use your work computers to access the net or to install their own software. This can unleash some dangers that they might not even be aware exist. With all of the malicious viruses, malware, spyware and hackers out there today, every time someone accesses the web, they are creating a small breach in your security. Read more…

Anyone who is responsible for managing the finances of a company can tell you how difficult it can be to save money on expenses without hurting the company.  There are some things that a company is always going to need in order to successfully run.  Computers are an expensive necessity that a company is going to need for nearly all of their employees if they want to have any chance of making any real profits.  They don’t necessarily need to have the most top of the line in computer equipment.  More often then not employees just need a computer to run basic programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.  The computers themselves are relatively inexpensive to purchase, especially since companies are able to get various discount, especially when they are buying in bulk.

The computers might be rather cheap, but what really hurts financially is when you have to keep their software updated.  Individually it doesn’t seem like a big deal, most software updates are going to be pretty cheap, usually not even breaking the triple digit limit.  Of course, when you have to start buying hundreds of them for each computer a small fee can turn into a huge one, sometimes even being greater then the actual cost of the computers themselves. Read more…

The primary goal of a businesses is to be able to make a profit based off of whatever they happen to be producing.  Most people are going to be working under the assumption that whatever their final profit numbers end up being is how much they make, but in house upkeep can put a pretty substantial dent into these numbers.  One area in particular that can become a financial strain for companies is how much money needs to go into their tech system.  You’re not going to need a top of the line computer for most businesses and buying in bulk does help to reduce the price.

Of course once you’re done buying the computers you still have to maintain them.  Hardware and software upgrades are usually relatively inexpensive, most ranging anywhere from ten to fifty dollars apiece.  Even with the frequency in which they keep coming out it isn’t too expensive to stay up to date, at least for a single individual with one computer.  Ten dollars for a piece of software might seem miniscule, but when you have to provide the upgrade to a hundred computers ten dollars suddenly turns into one thousand, and that’s just for a single upgrade. Read more…