HSBC Bank UK is deploying the Centrify Suite. It will utilise the technology to centrally secure system access to its distributed IT infrastructure.

HSBC central IT staff manage thousands of user accounts across its UNIX and LINUX estate, making access control, privilege management and reporting on user access a critical concern for IT operations and audit teams. “Centrify’s product functionality sets it apart from anything else on the market by consolidating complex user and computer access into a streamlined and easy-to-manage arrangement within Active Directory; it’s a massive plus for us,” says Paul Sharpe, enterprise technical specialist, global IT operations at HSBC. “We looked at several vendors, but Centrify Suite’s underlying Zones technology was by far the best approach for us to maintain compliance and simplify our processes.”

Prior to deploying Centrify, Sharpe comments: “We had multiple goals for this project including enforcing password policies, user account consolidation in Active Directory and auditing requirements. We needed to manage our Linux and UNIX systems in a centralised manner and wanted to leverage an existing directory infrastructure. The result was a decision to acquire the best technology to meet our needs, and after careful evaluation we chose Centrify.”

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