Identity & Access Management

Integrated Mac Security with Active Directory

Centrify DirectControl for Mac OS X joins Mac systems to your Active Directory domain, enabling centralized authentication and access control, along with automated security and configuration management. The Centrify DirectControl Agent effectively turns the Mac into an Active Directory client, enabling you to secure that system using the same authentication, access control, and Group Policy services currently deployed for your Windows systems. And it does this without making any changes to the Active Directory schema or adding more servers.

With Centrify, IT desktop support personnel can use familiar Windows tools and processes to:

  • Manage all Mac user accounts centrally in Active Directory
  • Separate Macs into logical management groups and delegate administrative rights so that only Mac users can access them and only Mac administrators can manage them
  • Centrally lock down and configure Macs using Windows Group Policy - our industry-leading Mac support includes user and computer policies, plus support for advanced features such as loopback processing
  • Configure home directories using a variety options designed to fit enterprises of all sizes
  • Implement smart card authentication

Best of all, Centrify DirectControl for Mac OS X is not a point product but part of the Centrify Suite's comprehensive solution for centralized identity and access management for 225 versions of Linux and UNIX systems.


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