We had internally evaluated many platforms with the goal in mind of reducing the risk involved with 1st party and 3rd party vendor access, limit IP theft, and offer a “camera” into user activities and behavior.
Main goals were to be able to deploy this globally across a mix of workstations, desktops, servers, jumpservers, and DaaS (Citrix/VMWare View). The Ekran system was the only one we tested that had was non invasive and did not interfere with the end user experience of our DaaS users. A single MSI file and 3 peices of information was all that was needed to get the system deployed once the alerts and pre-flight configurations were completed.
We noticed the other software vendors in this space were too expensive and not innovating enough and were rocking the same under the hood. After speaking with the Ekran team and product manager I felt that my suggestions were not only considered but actively put into the produc.
My team was very happy and surprised as how well Ekran integrated all the rich user metadata into our SIEM platform. This off label use is good as Ekran agent pulls in a lot of rich meta data that helps improve our cyber security posture.
The connection manager is also something that caught us by surprise and almost went unnoticed. We were able to lock down a vendor jumpserver (bastian server) turn on the “Ekran cameras”, and provide access to websites and internal RDP and SSH systems without the user ever having knowledge of the credentials. Very slick!
I've had the pleasure of directly working with the team at Ekran for an integration between their solution and ours, Venn Secure Enclave.
I am a Product manager, so I tend to focus on problems to solve, and Ekran solved a myriad of problems when it comes to monitoring employee activity. I was impressed with the comprehensiveness and intuitivenss of their solution. It covers everything from recording and play back of screen activity and audio streams to alerting based on detected common cybersecurity threats like fraud and data leaks.
You can customize your own for unique user activity scenarios such as keyword identification or external drive mounting. The analytics and reporting capabilities are as robust as the feature set, allowing you to analyze user behavior over time including how much time they spend within each application.
If you need to solve the employee monitoring challenge without breaking the bank or giving up critical features, Ekran is the solution I would leverage.
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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
The way we can have a view on the activities on our network and how we can monitor, get an alert when necessary in a proactive way
The solution allows to keep an easy eye on everything./everyone
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Syteca Inc. is a recognized software vendor delivering a cybersecurity platform dedicated to inside perimeter security. The Syteca platform provides advanced user activity monitoring (UAM) and robust privileged access management (PAM) solutions to organizations in every industry and sector.