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Feb 10, 2012

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ALSO CALLED: Identity Management (Security), Identity Management and Access Control, IM (Identity Management), Identity Management Security, Management of Identity, User ID Management, Identity and Access Management, ID Management, IAM DEFINITION: Identity management (ID management) is a broad administrative area that deals with identifying individuals in a system (such as a country, a network, or an enterprise) and controlling their access to resources within that system by associating user rights and restrictions with the established identity. The driver licensing system is a simple example of identity management: drivers are identified by … Definition continues below.
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Understanding Database.com system and data access controls sponsored by Salesforce.com WHITE PAPER: The principle of least privileges is a basic concept that means granting system administrators and users no more privilege that what is necessary to perform their jobs. View this resource for a step-by-step guide on how Database.com enables easy implementation of security policies of least privilege for all types of users. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Database Security \| Identity Management \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Get Compliant and Stay Compliant White Paper sponsored by Sailpoint Technologies WHITE PAPER: Learn how to build a sustainable approach to compliance and improving efficiency. Posted: 03 Feb 2012 \| Published: 03 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Identity Management \| Identity Management Software \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management

Next-Gen Provisioning: Taking a Fresh Approach to Delivering User Access White Paper sponsored by Sailpoint Technologies WHITE PAPER: This viewpoints paper examines what’s wrong with legacy provisioning and how a more strategic approach is needed. Posted: 03 Feb 2012 \| Published: 03 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Control Software \| Identity Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Download the Recent "Insecurity of Privileged Users" Report from the Ponemon Institute sponsored by HP Enterprise Security WHITE PAPER: This global benchmark study, conducted by Ponomon Institute, explores the inherent risks caused by poor control and oversight of privilege users. View now to explore key findings and gain valuable insights into the success factors for governing, managing and controlling privileged user access across the enterprise. Posted: 27 Jan 2012 \| Published: 27 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Authentication \| Identity Management \| Security Event Management \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Insecurity of Privileged Users - Global Survey of IT Practitioners sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: This study, conducted by Ponemon Institue, examines the risks inherent in poor control and oversight of privilege users. View now to uncover the key findings and what can be done to minimize risk. Posted: 25 Jan 2012 \| Published: 25 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Identity Management \| Security Event Management \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Cybercrime Battle Basics sponsored by ThreatMetrix WHITE PAPER: This paper shows you how integrated approaches that look beyond the firewall and single technology defenses can defend your company from emerging fraud threats. Posted: 12 Jan 2012 \| Published: 12 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Security \| Identity Management \| Identity Management Software \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Software \| Security Standards \| Security Threats

The Authentication Revolution: Phones Become the Leading Multi-Factor Authentication Device sponsored by PhoneFactor WHITE PAPER: This paper will address the key drivers for this market shift and includes real-world case studies from organizations that have made the move to phone-based authentication. It also introduces PhoneFactor, the leading provider of phone-based multi-factor authentication. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Authentication \| Data Security \| Fraud Protection \| Identification Systems \| Identity Management \| Scalability Testing \| Security Systems \| User Base

Securing Access to the IT Infrastructure: Predictions for 2012 that Every IT Security Pro Needs to Know sponsored by FoxT WHITE PAPER: With the rise of consumerization and increasing movement of resources to the cloud, access management, enforcement and auditing have become more complex than ever before. And there are still some basic access management challenges that need to be addressed. This paper outlines 5 predictions for 2012 for access management. Posted: 01 Jan 2012 \| Published: 01 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Cloud Security \| Identity Management \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Beyond the Checkbox: A Sustainable Approach to Access Certification sponsored by Aveksa WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows you how to create a sustainable approach to access certifications and discusses how it enables your company to establish full visibility of user entitlements and roles and automate access certifications and compliance reporting. Posted: 01 Jan 2012 \| Published: 01 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Authorization \| Identity Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Policies

How Device Identification Defeats Online Fraud sponsored by ThreatMetrix WHITE PAPER: How Device Identification Defeats Online Fraud: See how next generation device identification can result in fewer chargebacks, lower costs, and more revenue. Posted: 08 Nov 2011 \| Published: 08 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Authentication \| Fraud Protection \| Identity Management \| Internet Security \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Web Application Security

Secure Cloud Applications without Disrupting your Infrastructure sponsored by Radiant Logic, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper first explores the challenges of adding cloud applications to IAM infrastructures, and then explains how a federated identity service based on virtualization can enable single sign-on across your enterprise and cloud applications. Posted: 17 Oct 2011 \| Published: 17 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Application Security \| Authentication \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Security \| Identity Management \| SSO

Simple Cloud Identity Management (SCIM) sponsored by Ping Identity Corporation WHITE PAPER: The Simple Cloud Identity Management (SCIM) specification is designed to simplify cloud-based identity management, making it more convenient and cost-effective for users to move into, out of and around the Cloud. This white paper will show use cases that are mapped onto the appropriate pieces of the SCIM specification set that support them. Posted: 14 Sep 2011 \| Published: 14 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Security \| Identity Management \| Identity Management Software \| Internet Security \| SAML \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| SSO

The Primer: Nuts and Bolts of Federated Identity Management sponsored by Ping Identity Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an introduction to leveraging user credentials securely through federated identity management. Posted: 21 Jun 2011 \| Published: 21 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Collaboration \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Identity Management \| Information Security \| SSO \| User Experience

Access Control Excellence (ACE) Survey sponsored by FoxT WHITE PAPER: Take this survey and find out how well your current access control solution is working, and learn where you can find a more effective one. Posted: 14 Jun 2011 \| Published: 14 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authorization \| Cloud Computing \| Compliance Audits \| Identity Management \| Password Management \| Security Policies \| Surveys

Protecting Your Information - Top 10 Deployment Success Factors sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: With the increasing use of digital information and the growing popularity of cloud computing, virtualization and social networking, your organization can be at high risk of data loss. Explore how to reduce your risk and discover the 10 essential factors for complete control of data. Posted: 09 Jun 2011 \| Published: 09 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Security \| Identity Management \| Information Security \| Security Managers \| Security Policies

Defending Against Insider Threats to Reduce your IT Risk sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: Organizations must realize that insider attacks are a significant threat. And given that many assets and information are online and accessible, proactive measures must be taken to reduce the risk of insider security and privacy breaches. Access this paper for key building blocks for a successful insider threat prevention program. Posted: 09 Jun 2011 \| Published: 09 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Identity Management \| Internal Threats \| Security Management \| Security Threats

CA Technology Brief: CA Point of View: Content Aware Identity & Access Management sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: Discover a new model of identity systems that help you handle the growing complexities within your IT infrastructure. Learn how CA Content-Aware IAM goes beyond traditional IAM techniques, improving your compliance posture and protecting your critical information assets. Posted: 08 Jun 2011 \| Published: 08 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Compliance Best Practices \| Identity Management \| Information Security \| IT Management \| Security Management

Federate Identity for Cloud-Based Applications sponsored by Radiant Logic, Inc. WHITE PAPER: A new, more flexible identity infrastructure is on the horizon. With the growing adoption of federation standards and protocols, such as SAML 2.0, OpenID, and WS-Trust, both enterprises and end users will benefit from enhanced security, increased privacy, and a better experience. Read this white paper for more information about the new system. Posted: 22 Apr 2011 \| Published: 22 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Active Directory \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Security \| Directory Services \| Identity Management \| LDAP \| SQL \| SSO \| Virtualization Security

Better Leveraging Active Directory sponsored by Radiant Logic, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Find out how your business can have a better and more efficient identity management system in this white paper. Posted: 14 Apr 2011 \| Published: 14 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authorization \| Directory Services \| Identity Management \| Infrastructure Services \| LDAP \| SSO

Delivering an Identity Service through Virtualization sponsored by Radiant Logic, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Delivering smarter security and more customized services are at the top of any IT agenda. Both would be easier and cheaper to achieve with a common infrastructure, in what we call an identity and context service. In this paper, we’ll address how such a shared service can serve these two very different IT initiatives. Posted: 07 Apr 2011 \| Published: 07 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Active Directory \| Customer Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Identity Management \| Identity Management Software \| LDAP \| SQL \| Virtualization Security

Control Access and Protect Assets with Print-on-Demand Intelligent ID Cards sponsored by Zebra Technologies WHITE PAPER: Fraud and theft are constant threats to any organization. This paper defines how human resources and security departments can print intelligent ID cards to identify employees, visitors and patrons, and manage access to facilities, equipment, and services through a range of “intelligent” access card technologies. Posted: 22 Mar 2011 \| Published: 22 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Control Software \| Access Rights \| Fraud Protection \| Human Resources Management \| Identification Systems \| Identity Management \| Identity Management Software \| RFID \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Smart Cards

Architectural Strategies for Cloud Computing sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how cloud computing is now also evolving in a private variant whereby enterprises set up cloud-like, centralized shared infrastructure with automated capacity adjustment that internal departmental “customers” utilize in a self-service manner. Realization of efficiency, performance, and agility benefits is reinforcing this trend. Posted: 20 Dec 2010 \| Published: 20 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Grid Computing \| Identity Management \| Oracle (Product) \| Security \| Security Management \| Server Virtualization \| SOA \| Virtual Machine

Content-Aware Identity & Access Management in a Virtual Environment sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how CA Content-Aware IAM solutions help protect customers in the physical world and similarly protect virtual environments by controlling identities, access, and information usage. Posted: 22 Sep 2010 \| Published: 22 Sep 2010 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Control Software \| Application Security \| Identity Management \| Identity Management Software \| Virtual Communities \| Virtualization Security

Identity Governance: The Business Imperatives sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: Identity Governance involves various identity-related processes including cleaning up existing user entitlements, building accurate role models and enacting policies and processes which help ensure delivery of appropriate privileges to users. Continue reading to learn more. Posted: 25 Aug 2010 \| Published: 25 Aug 2010 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Authentication \| Identity Management \| Identity Management Software \| IT Management \| Security Policies

Reinforce Business Objectives and Achieve ROI with Internet Identity Security sponsored by Ping Identity Corporation WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how after deploying PingFederate or PingConnect your organization will yield a high return on investment and run more efficiently and will have distinct competitive advantage over companies that do not leverage Internet Identity Security Software. Posted: 17 Jun 2009 \| Published: 17 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Management \| Identity Management \| Internet Security Software \| ROI \| Security \| Security Management \| SSO \| TCO \| Web Services

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IDENTITY MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): … their license numbers and user specifications (such as "can not drive after dark") are linked to the identifying number. In an IT network, identity management software is used to automate administrative tasks, such as resetting user passwords. Enabling users to reset their own passwords can save significant money and resources, since a large percentage of help desk calls are password-related. Password synchronization (p-synch) enables a user to access resources across systems with a single password; a more advanced version called single signon enables synchronization across applications as well …
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