Lieberman Software’s Enterprise Random Password Manager is a full-on password manager and randomiser for local and domain accounts throughout the enterprise. This product can seek out and change all passwords, including system service accounts with little effort from the administrator, which provides solid security across the entire environment.

The Hitachi ID-Archive sets its focus on password randomisation. With this product administrators can set up password randomisation for sensitive and privileged accounts on either workstations or servers. Administrators can also use this product to allow authorised personnel or programs to view and use passwords for these accounts as well ...

AdventNet’s ManageEngine Password Manager Pro provides a complete system for password management in one simple web-based package. This product includes features that allow for password management across the entire enterprise via a centralised secure password vault. This allows administrators to enforce password policy and control user access to shared passwords ...

RoboForm Enterprise starts out looking like a single sign-on product but that is just on the surface. This product allows administrators to be almost completely cut out of the picture when it comes to users and their passwords. Once an administrator has designed the password policy, users of RoboForm can ...

Thycotic’s Secret Server integrates into the existing environment to manage and control access to critical privileged passwords using a central web- based repository. With this product administrators can assign permission and role-based security to others throughout the organisation using controlled shared secret passwords. Roles are used to allow changing of ...

Proginet’s SecurForce is a little bit different to other products in this review. This product focuses more on managing passwords from a user perspective.

The Symark PowerBroker is a policy-driven, privileged access control application that provides granular account access delegation, detailed logging and reporting and centralised administration across heterogeneous Linux and UNIX environments. It provides Linux and UNIX security and accountability by enabling system administrators to delegate administrative privileges and authorisation for any Linux/UNIX ...

The Symark PowerKeeper is a hardened appliance with a sealed operating system that provides a secure privileged account access management process to replace the human approach to granting privileged access. PowerKeeper automatically audits and manages access to “systems”, and can dynamically rotate the password on all types of privileged accounts ...

From the outside, the VAIObook looks as you would expect, a sleek silver case measuring 315mm x 233.8mm x 34mm, with a particularly slimline screen. This last is visually impressive, a la Mac book Air, but feels on the flimsy side. Connectivity options include USB 2.0 sockets, Ethernet jack, modem ...

As anti-virus software vendors increase the number of platforms their various software products support it makes sense to be able to manage them centrally.