SecureLink, a global leader in secure third-party remote access solutions, today announced the release of an enhanced version of the company’s privileged credential storage feature. This feature allows enterprise customers to provide privileged access to third-party vendors without revealing their network credentials.
63% of breaches were linked to a third-party component of IT system administration, according to a 2013 Trustwave Global Security Report analyzing 450 data breach investigations. In secure, highly regulated industries, IT and security professionals are tasked with executing effective strategies to mitigate these vendor risks. SecureLink’s combination of an advanced password storage feature with a secure remote access platform is a game-changer. Now enterprises can receive critical support and still be protected from vendor security vulnerabilities associated with lost or stolen passwords.
“There has been a disturbing increase in vendor credential security breaches over the past few years. Our goal was to address this threat without adding friction to the enterprise/vendor relationship. SecureLink's reimaged credential management feature now allows an enterprise to assign access permissions to vendor reps at login while still keeping privileged credentials hidden from those users.” - Joe Devine, President and COO at SecureLink, Inc.
Newly introduced “Credential Pooling,” is a feature option that allows enterprise customers to store credentials, including usernames, passwords, and domains and associate them with various protocols and hosts within their network. When vendors connect, after a successful two-factor authentication process, each user is assigned credentials from the pool that aligns with their account’s pre-approved permissions. Network logins remain invisible to users, but now enterprise IT directors can create and store credentials based on privileges rather than each individual user. By creating a more efficient process, IT professionals can spend less time managing vendor access and more time growing their business.
SecureLink is specifically designed to enable secure connections between enterprise companies and their technology providers. The company’s vendor access solution mitigates high-risk scenarios by managing privileged access with a suite of tools built to address the demands of highly regulated industries. This feature is also available in the company’s remote support module designed to assist vendors in standardizing remote access for all their customers.
For more information on SecureLink’s vendor access and remote support modules, please visit www.securelink.com.
About SecureLink
SecureLink is a private, Austin-based software company founded in 2003. They specialize in enterprise software platforms for third-party access and remote support. The team at SecureLink is dedicated to developing quality solutions for a variety of industries, including healthcare, financial services, government and gaming, with a focus on superior customer service. SecureLink has grown to be a global company with an office in Costa Rica, and serves over 30,000 organizations worldwide.
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