Key features of the HyTrust Appliance

A deeper dive on some of the key features in the product.

Directory Server Bridging: Natively integrates with Microsoft ActiveDirectory–as well as any LDAP v3 server–so that organizations can leverage a pre-existing repository of users, roles, and groups to provide unified access across heterogeneous infrastructure.
Two-factor Authentication: Native support for two-factor authentication solutions, including RSA SecurID, enabling organizations to achieve strong authentication without requiring manual configuration or integration of each individual virtualization host.
Root Password Vaulting: Locks down privileged host accounts and provides passwords for temporary use to enable time-limited privileged account access.
Host Configuration Templates: Enables assessment of the security configuration of VMware vSphere hosts against industry frameworks, including pre-built templates for C.I.S. Benchmark, PCI DSS, or VMware Best Practices or custom templates. Enables instant, one-click remediation of problems, ensuring consistent security configurations of all virtualization hosts.
Federated Deployment: Secure distributed system architecture allows for automated replication of policies and templates across multiple HyTrust Appliances as well as geographic boundaries.
Virtual Appliance Form-factor: HyTrust Appliance is provided as a standard VMware-compatible virtual machine, which allows for easy drop-in deployment into any existing virtual infrastructure. Takes advantage of benefits afforded to any virtual machine, including backup, disaster recovery and redundancy capabilities.
Wide platform support for VMware: Compatible with VMware vSphere and ESXi (ESX 3.5/4.0; ESXi 3.5/4.0/4.1/5.0). Support for vCenter Server 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0.