Previous chapters in the Moving to a Least Privileges Environment eBook series highlight the feature and functional values that an organization sees when using a privilege management product. The new chapter (Chapter 7) ties in the final puzzle piece that explains in detail the business benefits derived by utilizing a privilege management solution to manage administrative privileges for standard and privileged users.  The chapter makes the business case for ROI when deploying a privilege management solution.

Chapter 7 and the entire eBook series can be downloaded here.

Chapter 6 outlines the options that are available when Active Directory (AD) Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are used to deploy Viewfinity privilege policies.  A GPO based deployment is a simple and straightforward way to enable a number of privilege management capabilities. This chapter will highlight those capabilities and compare and contrast a Viewfinity server-based solution to help an organization determine which deployment method is most appropriate for their specific requirements.

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Chapter 4, “Control and Manage Administrator Rights for End User Permissions” continues the Moving to a Least Privileges Environment Viewfinity eBook series.  This chapter delves into the steps that need to be taken once you have removed administrative rights from users and must ensure that you do not disrupt productivity now that end users have standard user permissions.

The previous chapter helped determine which users are running applications and processes that need to run with elevated rights, this chapter explains how to plan, setup and configure policies that implement those rights for standard users. The policies must balance the needs of the user for productivity with the principles of least privilege access.

There are a number of options that are available when defining the privilege policies in the Viewfinity console. This chapter outlines the various capabilities and considerations for using the various options in a production environment.

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This ebook consist of a several chapters that will present, step-by-step, all facets of an end-to-end project for effectively moving to a locked down environment. It will examine a cost effective approach for managing desktop permissions and how to help IT Administrators enforce consistent policies for endpoint access to applications and desktop functions by controlling user rights for desktops and mobile users. It will focus on breaking down the step-by-step process into project phases, including tools that will help you collect and organize the data you'll need in order to get started. You'll learn how to identify user accounts that have local administrative rights, discover which applications and desktop functions require administrative rights, and how to effectively manage the number of policies required to allow end users to have the functionality they need in order to do their job. Other actionable information will be presented as well.

• Chapter 1: What it Takes to Successfully Implement Least Privileges
• Chapter 2: Identify User Accounts that Have Local Administrative Rights
• Chapter 3: Discover What Policies are Needed Prior to Locking Down