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Feb 9, 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

The ROI of Business-Enabled Identity Management On-Demand Webinar sponsored by Sailpoint Technologies WEBCAST: This on-demand webcast outlines the steps to building a business case for your identity management program. Posted: 03 Feb 2012 \| Premiered: 03 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Identity Management \| Password Management \| ROI \| Security Management \| Security Policies

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

Video: Enhancing Governance, Risk, and Compliance Through Effective Access Risk Management sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WEBCAST: In this webcast, listen to Aberdeen Group research associate Ankita Tyagi explains the drivers, key capabilities, and challenges of robust access risk management initiatives. Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Premiered: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Data Governance \| Data Security \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Identity Management \| Password Authentication Protocol \| Password Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management

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

Access Governance: A CISO’s Perspective sponsored by Aveksa WEBCAST: In this webcast, gain a CISO’s perspective on their experience with executing a successful security strategy, offering best practice tips and an analysis of the access governance and role-based access control initiatives that were implemented. Posted: 20 Jan 2012 \| Premiered: 20 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| CISOs \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Identity Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management

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

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

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

E-Guide: Achieving compliance through IAM sponsored by CA Technologies. EGUIDE: Read this expert E-Guide to learn the best practices for using role management as a tool to meet compliance regulations. Posted: 22 Dec 2011 \| Published: 22 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Access Rights \| Identity Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Policies

E-Guide: IAM in the cloud sponsored by CA Technologies. EGUIDE: When bringing your organization into the cloud, there are a few steps that need to be taken in order to ensure security. One of the main areas that needs to be appropriately integrated is identity management. Read this expert E-Guide and discover how to manage identity in the cloud, along with whom and what you can trust in the cloud. Posted: 22 Dec 2011 \| Published: 22 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Security \| Identity Management \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Understanding, Building and Securing an IAM Cloud Architecture sponsored by OneLogin PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript will count down the top five steps you should take to successfully extend your identity services infrastructure into the cloud, including what you'll need to do to provide the service from the enterprise, as well as consume it from the cloud. Posted: 21 Dec 2011 \| Published: 21 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authentication \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Security \| Identity Management \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Uncovering Cloud IAM Architectures sponsored by OneLogin PODCAST: This podcast will count down the top five steps you should take to successfully extend your identity services infrastructure into the cloud, including what you'll need to do to provide the service from the enterprise, as well as consume it from the cloud. Posted: 01 Dec 2011 \| Premiered: 01 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authentication \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Security \| Identity Management \| Security Management \| Security Policies

IT in Europe: Breaking the Code: Are passwords destined for obscurity? sponsored by SearchSecurity.co.UK EZINE: This feature examines the current state of password security and explains why passwords are no longer an effective means of authentication on their own. Uncover viable alternatives, such as two-factor authentication, biometrics and cloud-based IAM services. Posted: 10 Nov 2011 \| Published: 10 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authentication \| Data Security \| Identity Management \| Password Management \| Security Management \| Vulnerability Management

Case Study: How Name.com Reduced Illegal Domain Purchases by 90% sponsored by ThreatMetrix CASE STUDY: Name.com switched from blocking IP addresses to using next generation device identification, resulting in fewer chargebacks, lower costs, and more revenue. Posted: 08 Nov 2011 \| Published: 08 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Domain Name Systems \| Fraud Protection \| Identity Management \| Internet Security \| Security Management \| Security Threats

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

Controlling Security Costs and Increasing Innovation in Security sponsored by IBM PODCAST: This short podcast discusses controlling IT costs and using security as an enabler for innovation. Listen in as an IBM Security expert suggests ways to ensure the security of information without inhibiting employee productivity. Posted: 03 Oct 2011 \| Premiered: 03 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Business Process Automation \| Identity Management \| Productivity \| Security Event Management \| Security Management

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

Secure Your Apps with Cloud Access and Identity Management sponsored by CSC WEBCAST: SaaS applications and anywhere, anytime access add complexity and risk to identity and access management. Overcome the challenge of IAM integration across in-house and cloud based applications. Discover how to mitigate risk and simplify administration with next generation Identity and Access Management solutions. Posted: 29 Jul 2011 \| Premiered: 29 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Identity Management \| Security Management \| Web Application Security

Advanced Authentication Methods: Software vs Hardware sponsored by CA Technologies. WEBCAST: View this webcast to discover the advantages of a software-based authentication solution and how it can help your organization extend strong authentication to all of your employees, partners and customers in a secure, convenient, cost effective manner. Posted: 01 Jul 2011 \| Premiered: 01 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authentication \| Identity Management \| Password Management \| Security Hardware \| Security Software \| Security Tokens

Staying Compliant sponsored by IBM VIDEO: Theo Pozzy of Portland General Electric speaks about how his company is responding to government regulations and the importance of identity management. Using service management, Theo is able to satisfy increasing security regulations and stay compliant. Posted: 01 Jul 2011 \| Premiered: 01 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Compliance Software \| Data Encryption \| Identity Management \| Password Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Policies

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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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