October 14, 2008 12:31 PM Eastern Time 

BeyondTrust and Special Operations Software to Host “Security and Standardization with the Latest in Group Policy” Seminar

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BeyondTrust Corporation, the first provider of Least Privilege Management solutions, and Special Operations Software, a global innovation leader of Group Policy and Windows PowerShell based Systems Management and Security software, today announced the “Security and Standardization with the Latest in Group Policy” seminar series. This multi-city seminar series, presented by noted Group Policy expert Derek Melber, will provide IT professionals with the knowledge and skill needed to enable increased enterprise security, desktop standardization and compliance using Group Policy.

Derek Melber, Group Policy MVP, Microsoft TechEd speaker and author of the “Group Policy Resource Kit” by Microsoft Press, will discuss techniques to leverage Group Policy to lockdown computers, reduce support costs and address other common enterprise security concerns, including:

• Eliminating administrator rights for all users and still allowing them to run all applications
• Adding additional password policies to Windows 2000/2003/2008 Active Directory domains
• Reducing logon scripting with Microsoft’s new Group Policy preferences
• Allowing restricted users to self install approved applications and ActiveX controls
• Quickly inventorying all software licenses and other IT assets
• Achieving compliance with SOX, HIPPA, FDCC, ITIL and GLBA

Additionally, the seminar series will discuss new features of Windows Server 2008 Group Policy, how to best employ Group Policy Preferences, how these new features function on Windows XP/2003 clients and techniques to implement Group Policy administration procedures.

The seminar series will be presented at Microsoft facilities around the country.

Additional seminars are also scheduled for Chicago and Toronto (date and venue TBD). For more information on the seminars or to register, please visit http://www.beyondtrust.com/events/default.aspx?type=seminar.

About BeyondTrust

BeyondTrust Corporation, a pioneer in Least Privilege Management, enables enterprises to move beyond the need to trust users with excess privileges or administrator passwords. BeyondTrust Privilege Manager was the first product to enable the security best practice of Least Privilege in Windows environments by allowing administrators to assign end-users permissions for required or selected applications. Least Privilege strengthens security by limiting users to the permissions they need to do their jobs. Hundreds of organizations worldwide in industries such as financial, healthcare, government and military rely on BeyondTrust Privilege Manager to secure their enterprises. For more information, visit www.beyondtrust.com.

About Special Operations Software

Special Operations Software, www.specopssoft.com, is a global innovation leader of Group Policy based Systems Management and Security software. The company's award-winning solutions offer enterprises of all sizes a compelling ROI by providing flexibility, ease of installation, ease of administration and automation across the following areas: Software deployment, software inventory, hardware inventory, software license management, distributed scripting, Active Directory maintenance and password security. The privately held company was founded in 2001 and its 2000+ customer base is spread across more than 45 countries. The EMEA HQ is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and the North American HQ is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Special Operations Software is a Microsoft Gold Partner in Security Solutions and as an ISV. The products currently available from Special Operations Software are Specops Command™, Specops Deploy™, Specops Suite™, Active Directory Janitor™, Specops Password Policy™, Specops Password Policy BASIC™, Specops Password Reset™, Specops Gpupdate™ and Specops Inventory™.