IBM Launched Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, Security Software for SOA
Version 6.2 of Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, designed by IBM allows employees, customers or partners to log on to a company’s Web site, get their identity authenticated and then have that site vouch for their identity while they try to gain access to other companies’ Web sites and networks.
“Employees who want to look up heath care benefits may have to look at a third-party site and, typically, would have to enter another log-on name and password,” said Joe Anthony, IBM Tivoli’s identity management director. “Now, they could link in automatically to that third-party site.”
Organisations working together in identity-based business processes reap substantial benefit from IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager. The benefits of Federated Identity Management include:
- Simplified integration between companies and their partner’s web sites
- Improved business compliance by removing user replication to reduce the risk of security exposures
- Improved end-user experience and swifter process through single-sign on
- Expanded business reach and greater opportunity for service providers through the generation of new revenue opportunities
- Simplified security administration in cross-enterprise business processes by delivering security as services
- Delivery of policy based integrated security management for SOA web services
- Simplified integration and support for open standards and specifications including Liberty, SAML, WS-Federation, WS-Security and WS-Trust
- Operating systems supported: AIX, HP Unix, Linux, Windows, z/OS
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager also includes IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business V5.1, IBM Tivoli Direcory Integrator V6.0, and IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.0.
Source: Pirean
Filed under Enterprise Software