BeyondTrust
Encyclopedia
BeyondTrust is an American
company that develops, markets, and supports a family of access control
products for UNIX
and Windows
operating systems. The organization is one of the 500 largest software companies in the world. BeyondTrust's security software products provide password management, identity access management, and RBAC (role based access control).
BeyondTrust was originally founded in 2006 and provided Least Privilege Management software for the Microsoft Windows OS, before UNIX vendor Symark acquired BeyondTrust in 2009 and adopted BeyondTrust as the new company name.
utility software company in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley
. Its name is derived from the initials of its founders Bob Sommers and Doug Yarrow. Symark was also a client-server computing vendor, before later acquiring a license for the UNIX security product UPM (now owned by Quest Software
) and rebranding their version PowerBroker. Symark relocated to Westlake Village, California, then again to Agoura Hills.
The company was focused on identity, access, and password management for privileged users on UNIX systems. From 2003—2008 the company expanded in Spain
, Portugal
, Japan
and Latin America
. During the same time period they also grew almost 300 percent and were one of the fastest growing private companies in the L.A. area.
’s built-in Group Policy
Objects to make common tasks like mapping network drives or sharing printer connections easier. In 2005, AutoProf grew 90% in revenue over the previous year and changed their company name to DesktopStandard. Four million desktop
s were under management of DesktopStandard’s software across 3,500 customers. Between 2003—2005, DesktopStandard added six products to their portfolio for RBAC, password management, and identity access management on Windows.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
company that develops, markets, and supports a family of access control
Access control
Access control refers to exerting control over who can interact with a resource. Often but not always, this involves an authority, who does the controlling. The resource can be a given building, group of buildings, or computer-based information system...
products for UNIX
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
and Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
operating systems. The organization is one of the 500 largest software companies in the world. BeyondTrust's security software products provide password management, identity access management, and RBAC (role based access control).
BeyondTrust was originally founded in 2006 and provided Least Privilege Management software for the Microsoft Windows OS, before UNIX vendor Symark acquired BeyondTrust in 2009 and adopted BeyondTrust as the new company name.
Symark
Symark was founded in 1985 as a VAX/VMSOpenVMS
OpenVMS , previously known as VAX-11/VMS, VAX/VMS or VMS, is a computer server operating system that runs on VAX, Alpha and Itanium-based families of computers. Contrary to what its name suggests, OpenVMS is not open source software; however, the source listings are available for purchase...
utility software company in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
. Its name is derived from the initials of its founders Bob Sommers and Doug Yarrow. Symark was also a client-server computing vendor, before later acquiring a license for the UNIX security product UPM (now owned by Quest Software
Quest Software
Quest Software is a computer software manufacturer headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California. Founded in 1987, Quest develops, manufactures and supports software used by Information Technology professionals in a variety of industries...
) and rebranding their version PowerBroker. Symark relocated to Westlake Village, California, then again to Agoura Hills.
The company was focused on identity, access, and password management for privileged users on UNIX systems. From 2003—2008 the company expanded in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. During the same time period they also grew almost 300 percent and were one of the fastest growing private companies in the L.A. area.
The Original BeyondTrust
In 2003, AutoProf introduced the AutoProf Policy maker, which was the first commercial product to build upon MicrosoftMicrosoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
’s built-in Group Policy
Group Policy
Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems. Group Policy is a set of rules that control the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. Group Policy provides the centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and...
Objects to make common tasks like mapping network drives or sharing printer connections easier. In 2005, AutoProf grew 90% in revenue over the previous year and changed their company name to DesktopStandard. Four million desktop
Desktop computer
A desktop computer is a personal computer in a form intended for regular use at a single location, as opposed to a mobile laptop or portable computer. Early desktop computers are designed to lay flat on the desk, while modern towers stand upright...
s were under management of DesktopStandard’s software across 3,500 customers. Between 2003—2005, DesktopStandard added six products to their portfolio for RBAC, password management, and identity access management on Windows.
The Acquisition and Company Name
Symark acquired the Windows-based business of BeyondTrust in 2009 for approximately $20 million dollars and they adopted BeyondTrust as the new company name.Items & Services
Today, BeyondTrust has the PowerBroker line of enterprise security products.- Powerbroker Servers: Implement a consistent protocol of access control across most Unix/Linux platforms.
- Powerbroker Desktops: Eliminate admin rights and allow end-users to run all required Windows applications.
- Powerbroker Express: Eliminate shared passwords and log activity down to the keystroke level for all SSH devices.
- Powerbroker Password Safe: Secure and monitor access to privileged accounts.
- Powerbroker Virtualization: Centrally address risks from unmanaged administrative privileges in virtualized datacenter environments.
- Powerbroker Directory Integrator: Transparently extends Active Directory’s centralized authentication, authorization, account access, policy enforcement and infrastructure management to UNIX and Linux platforms.