CA has announced that it is a market share leader in user provisioning in Gartner's "Market Share: Security Software, Worldwide, 2007"* report with a 13.8% market share in 2007.
CA is also recognised as a market leader in the Web Access Management space with ownership of 28.9% of the $624 million market.
CA's provisioning solution, CA Identity Manager manages identity lifecycles from creation to modification to removal across mainframe, distributed and Web environments.
CA recently announced the planned release of CA Identity Manager r12 and significant updates to the product that are designed to help reduce the complexity and cost of an identity management deployment, while enhancing an organisation's ability to comply with legal, corporate and government regulations.
Enterprises have turned to CA SiteMinder Web Access Manager to enable user authentication and single sign-on, policy-based authorisation, identity federation, and auditing of access to Web applications and portals through one centralised Internet access control system.
"The identity and access management market is growing as it continues to evolve from securing the business to enabling the business," said Karel Rode, Principal Consultant: Security Practice, CA. "Driven largely by regulatory compliance and privacy initiatives, the market is demanding important capabilities that CA provides as it relates to managing the identity lifecycle and helping a business grow securely."
* Gartner, Inc, "Market Share: Security Software, Worldwide, 2007," Ruggero Contu and Matthew Cheung, 3 June 2008.
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