Raxco Software Releases PolicyLock to Secure and Lock Down User Application Settings
Gaithersburg, MD (PRWEB) July 23, 2013 -- Raxco Software, a leader in Windows system administration productivity tools and solutions, announced today the release of PolicyLock TM, a desktop management utility that helps system administrators quickly deliver settings and lock down users' operating systems and applications. The tool eliminates any way a user can misconfigure, manipulate, work around or change the policies set by system administrators, thereby ensuring a more secure user environment and saving hours of lost productivity for users and administrators.
In a typical environment, after applications have been delivered to users, the application settings can be modified by users, causing security problems and the violation of corporate and IT policies. This is the case even with settings established by Group Policy Active Directory, since Group Policy does not lock down settings after they have been deployed. This puts system administrators in a reactive role, rather than proactive role, and results in increased calls to the help desk, wasted time correcting problems and lost productivity for users, system administrators and the help desk.
PolicyLock ensures that every setting made for computers is adhered to, even for applications that have already been installed. The settings set by PolicyLock cannot be overturned. Some applications ship with ADM or ADMX files, but many don't, such as Java, Flash, Firefox, Chrome, AutoCAD and numerous others. Without PolicyLock, there is no way to control and maintain end user settings on these applications.
PolicyLock can replace the cumbersome and unsecure task of preconfiguring application settings inside Microsoft Installers (MSIs) or gold images. PolicyLock provides 3 levels of protection to ensure application settings are locked down:
1. Application settings tabs can be grayed out or hidden
2. Application settings can be auto-remediated (undoing end user configurations and reinforcing desired settings) when the application is launched by the end user
3. ACL Lockdown completely locks application settings so users literally cannot change any settings at all.
PolicyLock is fully integrated with the Group Policy Management Console and comes with approximately 100 preconfigured tool kits for popular applications such as Acrobat Reader, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flash Player, Cisco VPN Client, Microsoft Office and Skype. For organizations that wish to lock down settings for applications that do not have a preconfigured tool kit, the easy-to-use PolicyLock Designer is included at no extra cost.
"I have been administering Group Policies for over 12 years now and one of my wishes was a product that allows me to easily configure and lock down applications which are not part of the standard set of Active Directory templates," said Drew Como, Manager. Global Operations at a leading software publisher. "With PolicyLock, my wishes are answered. Raxco has once again delivered a best-of-class enterprise application that simply and easily allows me to extend administrative control over 3rd- party applications like never before."
“I have used PolicyLock to configure proxy settings for Firefox browser for web filtering across 50 client machines," said Malcolm Houston, Director at Meas Training and Consultancy Ltd. "PolicyLock is very easy to install and I had the settings configured and rolled out very quickly. The preconfigured tool kits cover almost every application that we use.”
"We're very excited by the enthusiastic response we've received from our PolicyLock Beta testers," said Robert Nolan, President and CEO of Raxco. "System administrators love the rapid implementation and quick ROI for a tool that not only bolsters corporate security, but also saves system admin and help desk time, and reduces wasted end user downtime."
PolicyLock is available immediately. More information and free 30-day evaluation copies can be downloaded at http://download.raxco.com/policylock. Pricing begins at $25 per seat; cost per seat is lower for higher quantities. PolicyLock can be purchased directly from Raxco Software or from favorite resellers.
About Raxco Software
Raxco Software has been helping large enterprises, small businesses, and consumers with their computer resource management needs for more than thirty years. Its PerfectDisk line of disk defragmentation and optimization software is Windows® Certified by Microsoft®. The PerfectDisk line has a long award-winning history, most notably its perfect 5-star review from CNET Download.com, winner of Windows IT Pro Readers’ Choice Awards for Defragmentation Utility and Storage Management Tool, and Redmond Magazine’s Best of the Best Award, and having won PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice award on numerous occasions. In addition to its PerfectDisk line, Raxco also produces other PC optimization, storage and system administration software for Windows operating systems and HP’s OpenVMS operating system. Raxco Software can be found on the Web at http://www.raxco.com.
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Contact: Joe Abusamra
Raxco Software, Inc
301.519.7835
@PerfectDisk
jabusamra(at)raxco(dot)com
Joe Abusamra, Raxco Software, Inc, http://www.raxco.com, +1 (301) 519-7835, [email protected]
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