Identity Management
As organisations see increasing demand for access to resources by employees, customers, and even business partners beyond their traditional boundaries, the need to open up access to more users in more ways without compromising security becomes increasingly clear. The right approach to identity management makes this possible by enabling organisations to effectively and securely manage user identities, and to do this equally well for all users throughout the extended enterprise.
Identity management (IdM) addresses a number of key business challenges for the enterprise:
- Security, through comprehensive, current information about who has access to what applications and data
- Cost reduction, by automating slow, error prone manual processes for provisioning and auditing
- Data protection and privacy, with secure control of access to information and resources
- Compliance, through comprehensive auditing and reporting capabilities
- Fast time to market, by accelerating the processes of sharing access with business partners
- Revenue growth, by speeding the deployment and delivery of new services from multiple partners
- Improved service levels, with powerful user self-service and single sign-on (SSO) capabilities
The earthwave Identity Management solution is based on Sun's identity management portfolio which has been recognised as a leader in its field in a number of analyst reports, including the Gartner User Provisioning Magic Quadrant and the Forrester Wave report on provisioning.
The Sun IdM portfolio includes everything an organisation needs to manage, protect, store, verify, and share identity information throughout the enterprise and across extranets. It features capabilities for provisioning resources, controlling access, managing directory services, delivering identity auditing data, and creating reusable identity administration services to streamline collaborative application development. Additionally, to support outsourcing and other types of interaction among enterprises, Sun's portfolio delivers federation capabilities for sharing identity information and services across domains.
The earthwave Identity Management practice is led by a proactive services and enablement team that helps clients architect and manage identity management environments. With proven expertise in comprehensive services methodologies, as well as best practices for effective identity management, earthwave services and enablement team provides broad assistance in using identity management to build a secure enterprise.
