Case Study: Federal Government Agency reduces security risk and meets FISMA compliance with BeyondTrust PowerBroker for Windows

Federal Government - Customer Case Study

A federal government agency selected BeyondTrust to reduce breach risk, meet FISMA requirements, tighten operational practices, and secure sensitive data. The agency’s key challenges were removing local admin rights, providing just‑in‑time privilege elevation, and auditing and alerting on Active Directory changes.

The agency deployed PowerBroker for Windows to enforce least privilege, elevate privileges only when needed, and monitor AD activity. Before choosing BeyondTrust they evaluated Centrify, and rated BeyondTrust as very differentiated for privileged account capabilities, security context, and flexible deployment (differentiated for reporting/analytics and low TCO). Their next project is to gain control over privileged passwords.