Centrify Suite 2010 Expands Ability to Ensure Higher Levels of Trust, Control and Compliance in the Data Center

By Centrify Corporation, PRNE
Monday, February 15, 2010

New DirectSecure Dynamically Isolates and Protects Sensitive Systems and Enables End-to-End Encryption

SUNNYVALE, California, February 16, 2010 - Centrify Corporation, the leading provider of security and compliance
solutions to secure cross-platform data centers using Microsoft(R) Active
Directory(R), today expanded the Centrify Suite with a pair of
first-to-market components that provide additional layers of security and
compliance while extending IT operational efficiencies.

The addition of these two new solutions to the existing Centrify Suite -
consisting of DirectControl, DirectAuthorize and DirectAudit - gives Centrify
the deepest solution set for extending Active Directory across the industry's
widest range of heterogeneous systems, hypervisors and applications.
DirectSecure extends the Centrify Suite beyond its traditional capabilities -
managing end-users' identity and access management privileges - into endpoint
protection. DirectSecure securely authenticates computers and data center
servers, protecting these "trusted" systems from "untrusted" computers and
enabling end-to-end encryption of data in motion. DirectManage provides a
scalable and extensible management platform that centralizes the discovery,
management and user administration of non-Microsoft systems through
integration into Active Directory-based tools and processes.

"The Centrify Suite has made a valuable contribution to our security at
PR Newswire," said Craig Reading, technical architect at PR Newswire. "We
look forward to the broader management and server security capabilities in
the new version, which will provide us the ability to grant access, modify
privileges and monitor activity for systems that are both on-premises and in
the cloud."

Intentional exploitation of access and system connectivity continues to
represent a significant source of data breaches. The Identity Theft Resource
Center recently reported that for the first time more breaches are caused by
malicious hacking or insider theft than by human error or accidental
exposure. As a result, organizations are increasingly searching for an easy
and centralized way to understand, monitor and control access to sensitive
systems. Notably, they must extend the security of those systems without
increasing complexity or impeding the ability to do business. The addition of
DirectSecure and DirectManage to the Centrify Suite 2010 go to the heart of
these issues.

"As threats to their critical systems continue to mount, customers have
begun asking us to add additional policies and layers to tighten security
around their most strategic and sensitive assets," said Frank Cabri, vice
president of marketing and business development for Centrify. "DirectSecure
and DirectManage have been designed to greatly extend their policy and
protection infrastructure over physical, virtual and cloud-based systems
without blowing away their budgets or piling on complexity."

DirectSecure is a host-based software solution that dynamically isolates
sensitive systems, or groups of systems, into trusted virtual networks to
allow higher levels of protection for intellectual property and confidential
information. As a result, untrusted systems have no visibility or access to
trusted systems on the network, and tiers of trust levels can be formed.
DirectSecure also provides the option for end-to-end encryption of data in
motion.

For example, DirectSecure can completely isolate systems that process
credit card or personal health information from other trusted systems within
the same network. Not only does this provide an added level of protection,
but also can significantly reduce the cost and complexity of a compliance
audit by limiting its scope to just systems that, say, process credit card
data, and not the entire network. For more information, see the related press
release, "Centrify Delivers DirectSecure for Next-Generation Protection of
Cross-Platform Systems."

DirectManage is an industry-first management platform that automates
provisioning of administrator access and facilitates rapid migration of
existing accounts and privileges. In a heterogeneous data center,
DirectManage can discover systems and groups, implement trust relationships
and policies - including the migration of existing relationships from UNIX
and Linux accounts - and then centrally manage, monitor and audit all user
access. DirectManage includes the new Zone Provisioning Agent, which
leverages Active Directory group membership to automate the provisioning of
user profiles into Centrify Zones. For more information, see the related
press release, "Centrify Delivers DirectManage to Streamline the Discovery,
Management, and User Administration for UNIX and Linux Systems and Users."

Centrify Suite 2010: Advancing Cross-Platform Identity and Access
Management

In addition to the introduction of DirectSecure and DirectManage,
enhancements to the Centrify Suite 2010 include:

    - Additional operating system support, extending Centrify's
      industry-leading coverage for the widest range of heterogeneous systems,
      hypervisors and applications: more than 225 flavors of UNIX, Linux and
      Mac
    - Numerous feature enhancements to DirectControl, DirectAuthorize and
      DirectAudit
    - Feature enhancements to DirectControl for Mac OS X including support
      for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) in both 32-bit and 64-bit mode and new
      group policy capabilities
    - Updated version support and other enhancements to Centrify-enabled open
      source tools, including Centrify-enabled Samba and Centrify-enabled
      OpenSSH

Pricing and Availability

The Centrify Suite 2010 is generally available from Centrify and its
worldwide partners immediately. The Centrify Suite is licensed on a per guest
OS server basis, starting at US$350 per server for Standard Edition.
DirectSecure is included in the Platinum Edition and pricing starts at
US$1,150 per server. DirectManage is included with every Centrify Suite
purchase and is available at no additional charge to new and existing
customers.

About Centrify

Centrify enables organizations to reduce IT expenses, strengthen security
and enhance compliance by centrally securing their cross-platform data
centers through Active Directory-based identity and access management. By
leveraging Active Directory, organizations have a cost-effective solution for
authentication, access control, role-based privilege management, user-level
auditing and server protection for heterogeneous systems, hypervisors and
applications. Built on a common architecture, the seamlessly integrated
Centrify Suite - DirectControl, DirectAuthorize, DirectAudit, DirectSecure
and DirectManage - has been chosen by over 1,500 enterprise customers
worldwide for its quick-to-deploy, easy-to-manage next-generation technology.
For more information about Centrify and its solutions, call +1-408-542-7500
or visit www.centrify.com/.

Centrify, DirectControl and DirectAudit are registered trademarks and
DirectAuthorize, DirectSecure and DirectManage are trademarks of Centrify
Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other names used in
this document are trademarks of their respective companies. Other names used
in this document are trademarks of their respective companies.

Frank Cabri of Centrify Corporation, +1-408-542-7576, frank.cabri at centrify.com; or Bryan Grillo of CHEN PR, Inc., +1-781-672-3129, bgrillo at chenpr.com, for Centrify Corporation

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