Sun Microsystems today announced enhancements to its market-leading identity management software suite that are the first to combine the capability to prevent inappropriate user access to systems and applications while detecting violations in the company's user access policies. By automating these compliance processes, enterprises can implement sustainable and repeatable practices, which reduce the cost of maintaining compliance.
"Having an integrated identity provisioning and identity auditing capability within a single product, will be ideal for South African companies, who often need to combat identity theft on a daily basis," says Mark Ehmke, Software Sales Regional Manager at Sun Microsystems South Africa.
Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.0 is the first to combine user provisioning - the process of creating, updating and deleting user access across applications and systems - with identity auditing, the process of analysing applications and systems for identity control violations, notifying corporate compliance officers of violations, and addressing policy exceptions. By combining these capabilities, Sun enables customers to avoid managing two separate processes, bridging the gap between IT security and auditors, internal and external, responsible for compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley. The new offering supports the Solaris 10 operating system (OS) - the most secure OS on the planet - and extends its market leading security capabilities. This enables control of identities across the operating system, applications, data and physical locations.
"Customers need to simplify and automate compliance efforts. These enhancements to Sun's Identity Management Suite make it easier and cheaper for our customers to manage and report compliance with regulatory mandates," said Sara Gates, Vice-President of Identity and Web Services at Sun. "We think innovations like this have industry watchers, such as Gartner*, naming Sun as the worldwide market share leader in identity management software based on total software revenue."
With the latest version of Java System Identity Manager, enterprises can check and confirm that identities comply with audit policy before the access is provided. Its identity auditing capabilities include automated reviews and proactive scanning to ensure consistent policy enforcement and repeatable processes. Automated reviews and identity scanning also enable early detection and notification of identity policy violations, helping to reduce their impact.
Pricing and availability
Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.0 is available in Q4 2006. Pricing is on a per user basis. For more information on Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.0 and the entire Sun Identity Management Suite, go to www.sun.com/identitymanager.
* Gartner Dataquest Market Share: User Provisioning, Worldwide, 2005, Nicole S Latimer - Livingston, 10 August 2006. To read Gartner's market share information, visit www.gartner.com.
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