Overview

Fortress Desktop, a complete desktop security solution, provides a highly-configurable and tamper resistant system that can limit workstation and server access, guarantee that unattended systems are locked, and make sure idle users are logged off the network. This flexible software solution helps end the security liabilities and squandered resources caused by this otherwise seemingly innocuous everyday threat.

Features

The Fortress Desktop system includes these features and capabilities:

• The Idle Logout Screen Saver. This screen saver logs out idle users after an administrator defined period of inactivity. The user must unlock the workstation to prevent being automatically logged out.
• The requirement that a password-protected screen saver is always enabled, with a maximum specifiable delay. The Fortress Desktop Client enforces this policy, preventing the user from disabling the screen saver and password protection.
• The enforcement of logon / logoff times, with more flexible settings than those offered by standard Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 user management and group policies. Fortress Desktop also lets you specify the duration of a user’s session - for example, a logon session may not last longer than 30 minutes.
• The ability to quickly manage Fortress Desktop clients remotely: A Microsoft Windows domain administrator can forcibly log off a user remotely, start a password-protected screen saver on a remote workstation, view workstation and logon session information, and update Fortress Desktop policies on the fly.
• The ability to specify different policies based on time of day and/or Windows domain group membership.
• The FortLock companion utility provides an extremely easy way to lock or logoff a workstation quickly with a simple desktop button click, taskbar icon click, or press of a hotkey. FortLock therefore empowers and encourages users to adopt good security practices - just imagine the potential headaches that can be avoided with consistently applied security policies and practices among users.
• A tamper-resistant architecture. Domain users cannot defeat or override Fortress Desktop mechanisms and cannot terminate Fortress Desktop client processes.
• Tracks user activity and idle time in the Windows Event Log. This can help meet security standards for auditing.
• A very small memory footprint means no discernable impact on system performance.

Fortress Desktop is conveniently licensed in blocks of Microsoft Windows users. The cost effective structure of the licensing system makes it easy to roll out and enforce security practices in both the on site network as well as for those mobile laptops and tablets. This also makes for convenient license management on networks where the number of active user accounts fluctuates.