Safe Backup Mechanisms
Given that the EPV contains all the keys to the kingdom, it makes sense to put it on highly redundant hardware and back it up. To that end, Cyber-Ark has a variety of mechanisms, including clustering, a hot-spare backup kept in constant synchronization, and a separate backup client that can be scripted to maintain backup sets of data in other locations.
To help customers with regulatory compliance needs, EPV includes a complete set of audit trails for all actions and a simple reporting interface--essentially a log export tool--that makes it easy to export the necessary information into other tools for analysis.
The starting price for the typical EPV bundle is $60,000 and includes a CPM, 50 admin accounts, and on-site training and setup. Although the Vault Server alone lists for $25,000, it lacks Cyber-Ark's most useful features: automated password changing, disaster-recovery backup scripts and the Web interface. Furthermore, each additional administrator account adds $220 to the price.
In comparison, Cloakware's device is priced at $225 per password (which can reside on any number of servers), and Symark's PowerKeeper appliance starts at $25,000 for 100 users. The e-DMZ Password Auto Repository appliance starts at $15,000, but covers only 50 servers (and any number of admins).
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