BOSTON and MANCHESTER, England, March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Avecto, the leader in Windows privilege management, today announced that it has been certified as Citrix Ready(R). The Citrix Ready(R) program is designed to build world-class alliances with industry leaders of which Microsoft, Dell and HP are currently members.

"This is the first step in bringing our award-winning technology, Privilege Guard to virtual desktops and cloud-based systems," said Mark Austin, CTO.

The requirement to manage user privileges is not one that is exclusive to physical desktops and servers, but represents a real problem in the virtual world also. Heavily focussed on solving real world problems on desktops and servers, Avecto is set to offer their least privilege management solution to customers with virtual desktops and servers and on cloud based systems also.

"From a technology standpoint, the software was built from the ground up to be compatible with virtual technologies; it has been more a matter of choosing the right partner to go to market. With the Citrix Ready(R) status customers can feel confident that Privilege Guard is officially validated and compatible with XenDesktop and XenServer"

"According to Gartner VP Neil MacDonald: Virtualization will be the target of new security threats," says Paul Kenyon, COO at Avecto. "That means that security professionals will require solutions which are better able to meet this growing challenge. This latest certification for Privilege Guard demonstrates our continued plans to work closely with trusted partners, through the Citrix Ready partner ecosystem and to deliver more secure desktop environments for the cloud."