Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Sun Microsystems Unveils Identity Manager 8.0

Sun Microsystems Monday announced the immediate availability of Sun Identity Manager 8.0, the latest version of its flagship provisioning software.

"Addressing security and compliance continues to be a significant expenditure for organizations," said Mark Herring, vice president of marketing, Software Infrastructure, Sun Microsystems.

"By more closely integrating provisioning and role management, we're offering companies increased levels of automation. Our solutions help solve everyday identity problems that keep customers awake at night: on-boarding and off-boarding of workers, compliance with internal audit policies and costs associated with access control processes."

"The enhancements in Sun's latest release of Identity Manager will help make our quarterly audits much easier. Now instead of trying to make sense of technical entitlement jargon, we can apply business terminology such as job titles and functions to grant and review user access privileges," saidMark Satterfield, senior vice president, Enterprise Planning & Architecture, Equifax.

With Sun Identity Manager 8.0, customers have new options to expand their services via the Internet and address government regulations (such as SOX, HIPPA, and Basel II) in a consistent, automated and cost-effective way, while also increasing productivity and reducing security risks.

New features of Sun Identity Manager 8.0 include:

• Data Export: Export identity data and events to external data warehouses and business intelligence tools for further analysis. Benefits include: Robust reporting capabilities and entitlement management.

• Comprehensive Attestation: Integrate with Sun Role Manager to create an end-to-end solution for certifying access and automatically remediating exceptions.

• Better Integration of Business Roles: Integrate with Sun Role Manager to enable importing of predefined business roles and automate provisioning and auditing at the business role level.

A key component of Sun's solution for access compliance, Sun Identity Manager 8.0 is available as a stand-alone product or with the Sun Java Identity Management Suite.