Computer Associates (CA) has announced new releases of CA-ACF2 and CA-Top Secret that enhance e-business application security by integrating application-level control across both mainframe and distributed platforms, including Unix, Windows NT, and Linux.
The new releases include the eTrust LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Server, enabling CA-ACF2 6.4 and CA-Top Secret 5.2 users to take advantage of the industry-standard LDAP protocol to query and update mainframe security information for use on distributed e-business systems.
IT administrators will also be able to leverage the authentication policies established within their CA-ACF2 and CA-Top Secret implementations and apply them to any enterprise and/or e-business application using TCP/IP.
In addition, CA-ACF2 and CA-Top Secret customers can now access information stored in IBM`s DB2 UDB Server, commercial and in-house LDAP directories, popular third-party mainframe security solutions, and other "back end" data stores. CA-ACF2 and CA-Top Secret customers can therefore create a single, enterprise-wide source of security information.
CA -ACF2 and CA-Top Secret customers can also take advantage of CA`s eTrust Admin to integrate the management of mainframe security information with distributed applications and platforms, enabling LDAP-based queries and updates for systems across the enterprise. CA also provides the eTrust Directory, a directory server for distributed platforms, which fully conforms to LDAP and X.500 standards.
Other enhancements in CA-ACF2 6.4 and CA-Top Secret 5.2 facilitate administration of security information, provide additional flexibility in defining users, and increase performance.
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