Unlimited Administrator Mode Suggestions from a Secret Server Admin
While responding to a different but related forum question, a Secret Server Admin made a good point: Split the ability to enable Unlimited Administrator Mode and the ability to use it. This is...
View ArticleUsing Secret Server Links to Securely Transmit Sensitive Data
Having been a Systems Engineer, I’m familiar with the problem of sharing credentials. My method for sharing login credentials with a colleague consisted of access to a spreadsheet with everything or a...
View ArticleSSL Certificates, License Keys & More in Secret Server
Do you have copies of your SSL Certificates, Licensing Data, and Support Documentation? Of course! Can you easily search for all of those files with a single term? Maybe. Is it well-organized,...
View ArticleHow to Create a Custom Web Launcher in Secret Server
Creating a custom Web Launcher in Secret Server is useful for several reasons. First, it allows your organization to share online accounts without revealing the password. Second, it saves time for...
View ArticleCreating Custom Reports in Secret Server
Secret Server contains robust reporting capabilities, as mentioned in on the Secret Server Report Features Page. In addition to the default reports included with Secret Server (see Figure 1),...
View ArticleSneak Preview: Secret Server Launcher for Mac
The Thycotic Dev Team is hard at work with new functionality for Mac! While I don’t have all the details, I do have a few items I can share. Currently, we’re looking at an “end-of-Q4 2012” release...
View ArticleSecret Server and DoubleLock
Do you have a need for additional security when storing your most sensitive data? Where do you store the company’s banking account numbers and other critical financial data? …top-level credentials for...
View ArticleUsing a Web Launcher with Logmein
Have you ever been in the situation where you needed to provide a full desktop to someone outside your organization? One way you might accomplish this is by creating a Logmein.com account allowing...
View ArticleSneak Preview: Dashboard Enhancements
The next release of Secret Server has a lot of new functionality, in addition several tweaks to the user interface. We can catch a of glimpse of that now with one of the improvements to Secret Server’s...
View ArticleSneak Preview: Bookmarklet 2.0
Our team is working to make logging in to websites easier than ever with new bookmarklet functionality. The new bookmarklet is able to work on any web page, and automatically log you in. It is only...
View ArticleDevolution’s Remote Desktop Manager integrates with Secret Server
Thycotic Software would like to thank our technology partner, Devolutions, for recently integrating their Remote Desktop Manager with Secret Server. Remote Desktop Manager’s integration with Secret...
View ArticleWebinar: Secret Server Web Password Filler
Sign up for the webinar here. We will be covering: the typical use cases http versus https CAPTCHA on login changing form bindings limitations how to tell us about websites with issues general Q &...
View ArticleSOX Compliance on external systems using PowerShell scripts in Secret Server
A critical component of many compliance mandates such as SOX, HIPAA, and PCI is guaranteeing that user activity is audited. Secret Server maintains an internal audit trail for user actions and access...
View ArticleNew Webinar – Easily Manage and Secure all your Windows local administrator...
Use discovery to quickly find all your local Windows administrator accounts – import them into the Secret Server vault (even if you don’t know the current password). Then set a schedule (30, 90 days...
View ArticleSecuring Web Browsers Through Group Policy
When developing a workflow to manage shared credentials, it’s important to take into account certain environmental factors that may cache credentials on their own. These factors can decrease security...
View ArticleIntegration Spotlight – Secret Server and Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager
In this week’s webinar we will be diving into the integration of Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager and Secret Server. Since the software integration in 2011, users have been securing their...
View ArticleUsing Secret Server to Help Maintain Compliance Mandates
Secret Server is a powerful, flexible tool which can help your organization meet a variety of compliance mandates, such as SOX, PCI, HIPAA and more. In this article we are going to review several ways...
View ArticleThe Value of SIEM and How to Integrate with Secret Server
What is a SIEM tool and why should I use one? SIEM (System Information and Event Management) tools are a type of software that pulls in log and audit information from multiple sources across your...
View ArticleSecret Server iOS 7 Mobile App Upgrade
As iOS users may have noticed, our Secret Server app received an upgrade with the recent release of iOS 7. The most noticeable sign the app was upgraded is a fresh user interface. However, there are a...
View ArticleCreate an Approval Workflow for Sensitive Secrets
It’s important to understand how to properly create a workflow in Secret Server for secrets of a sensitive nature. For example, let’s say you have a Secret for the admin account on your production web...
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