v-GO Shared Accounts Manager Benefits

v-GO Shared Accounts Manager plugs a significant security and compliance hole commonly found with shared accounts—accountability. Because v-GO Shared Accounts Manager automatically ties actual users to shared IDs, enterprises, for the first time, know who is using what shared account and when.

Improve Security

v-GO Shared Accounts Manager allows users to check out shared IDs, each of which is uniquely associated to a specific user for its duration of use. Authorized administrators can set policies to control usage of shared IDs (e.g., IDs can only be used to logon once.) And because users never see shared IDs / passwords, there is nothing to share—inadvertently or maliciously

Only v-GO Shared Accounts Manager provides this level of security, accountability, and tracking previously unattainable for shared accounts.

Demonstrate Compliance More Effectively

v-GO Shared Accounts Manager helps organizations comply with regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) and Payment Card Industry (PCI) requirements governing data security.

Using shared IDs presents a significant compliance challenge— Most regulations either prohibit or strongly discourage the use of shared ids, yet many systems and databases force you to use them (e.g., "root" accounts in Unix.) v-GO Shared Accounts Manager meets this challenge head-on, enabling you to assign shared IDs to each user and track their use. With credit card processing, for example, merchants and service providers can now easily demonstrate that each user accessing system components or cardholder data is identified by a unique user name (the user using the shared id) —a key requirement of PCI DSS.

Improve Operational Efficiency

v-GO Shared Accounts Manager enables organizations to manage conventional and shared credentials with one strategy and infrastructure, improving operational efficiency.

Rather than buying a separate hardware or software vault system to administer shared accounts, v-GO Shared Accounts Manager allows organizations to use their existing enterprise single sign-on (ESSO) infrastructure, and optionally an identity management system, to address the challenge of privileged account password management and compliance.

Provide Fast, Secure Application Access for Temporary Workers

v-GO Shared Account Manager provides quick and secure application access for temporary workers and contractors who must use shared IDs. Just as it does for internal shared account users, v-GO Shared Accounts Manager allows temporary workers to check out IDs, each of which is uniquely associated to a specific user for its duration of use. Authorized administrators can set policies to control usage of shared IDs (e.g., IDs can only be used to logon once.) And because users never see shared IDs / passwords, there is nothing to share—inadvertently or maliciously

v-GO Shared Accounts Manager extends user accountability to the temporary worker. Because v-GO Shared Accounts Manager automatically ties and tracks each temporary worker to applications usage, enterprises, for the first time, know which contractor is using what shared account and when, delivering the accountability, security, and audit trail previously unattainable.

Benefits Summary

• Improve security
  • Lock shared IDs to one user at a time
  • User never sees shared ID password
• Demonstrate compliance more effectively
  • Establish accountability and tracking for shared IDs
  • Provide audit trail of user accountability
• Improve operation efficiency
  • Manage conventional and shared credentials with one strategy and infrastructure
• Provide fast, secure application access for temporary workers
  • Extend user accountability to temporary workers who use shared IDs