Issues resolved in NetIQ Privileged User Manager

New features included in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.2

Video Capture for Windows - Video Capture for Windows monitors user activity by capturing videos of every task performed by the user.You can browse the text log of a user and select a particular task and watch the video.  You can search for a particular event within a video based on the keyword search option. You can schedule compression and archiving of video files to external storage.You can turn the Video capture feature ON or OFF for a particular user based on your requirement. For detailed information, see Video Capture for Windows in the NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.2 Administration Guide.

Two Factor Authentication - Two factor authentication is required to enhance the security and to ensure the identity of the user is valid. Every framework user has to enter the secondary password to log in to the PUM Administration Console.For detailed information, see Modify User: Authentication Script in the NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.2 Administration Guide.

SSL Renegotiation DOS Attack Protection - A client can attack the SSL server by sending a number of renegotiation (SSL handshake) requests to it. This can overwhelm the server and the server can go down. To prevent such attacks you can limit the renegotiation requests from a particular client by setting a threshold.  For detailed information, see SSL Renegotiation DOS Attack Protection in the NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.2 Administration Guide.

Change Management - Any GUI specific operations performed by you is audited by the Change Management feature. Each operation is tracked and the log is maintained in the Change Management report. The default Sample Report displays all the collected audit records and any associated keystroke captures.  For detailed information, see Change Management in the NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.2 Administration Guide.

New features included in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.1

Windows Audit - Windows Audit is a service that enables you to view all the real-time and historical user activities on a local or remote Windows system. The user activities are known from the captured event log messages, which show all the user inputs and the resulting processes. The user inputs are captured to the level of every keystroke and mouse clicks. For example, when the OK button is clicked, an event saying the OK button is clicked is generated and sent to the Windows Audit service. For detailed information see "Monitoring the User Activities" in the NetIQ Administration Guide.

Privileged Account - The privileged account credentials and domain information are stored in domains and credentials. The user can create multiple credentials for a single domain.The credentials are securely stored in an encrypted form. For detailed information see “Privileged Accounts” in the the NetIQ Administration Guide.

Remote Desktop Protocol Relay - Remote Desktop Protocol Relay remotely connects you from the manager to a Windows machine  without an agent; and, relays the executed commands through a secured connection.For detailed information see “Remote Desktop Protocol Relay” in the NetIQ Administration Guide.

Secure Shell Relay - Secure Shell Relay (SSH Relay) provides the ability to access privileged accounts using a standard SSH client. This feature provides the ability to access Privileged User Manager functionality without a PUM agent on the target host. SSH Relay allows users to connect to a remote host using secure shell without knowing the privileged account credentials such as password or identity certificate of the user. For detailed information see “Secure Shell Relay” in the NetIQ Administration Guide.

LDAP Group Lookup - The LDAP Group lookup feature can be used to retrieve LDAP group membership information for a user stored in external LDAP directories, such as Novell eDirectory or Microsoft Active Directory. The information fetched can be used to perform external group matching in rules. For detailed information see "LDAP Group Lookup" in the NetIQl Administration Guide

Fixes included in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.1:

*  100+ Bug fixes