CA, the rebranded Computer Associates, has launched CA
Identity Manager, to help companies manage IT user identities
securely.
The product has been developed using technology from CA’s recent
acquisition of Netegrity. CA Identity Manager is designed to unify
identity management across the enterprise, at the same time
streamlining and simplifying the administration of internal and
external users and their IT entitlements.
“Organisations are finding it difficult to meet simultaneously
the needs of the business, ensure information security, comply with
data privacy regulations, and keep costs down,” said Toby Weiss,
senior vice-president and general manager of CA’s security
management business unit.
“CA Identity Manager directly addresses these challenges by
automating identity-related management processes.”
CA Identity Manager automates identity management processes.
The company said this automation delivers repeatable and auditable
processes that are inherently more reliable than the ad hoc, manual
procedures currently used by many firms.
The new product was announced at the supplier’s CA World user
conference and is part of a new line of products that help form the
company’s enterprise IT management (EITM) portfolio.
“Best practice IT governance and compliance requires disciplined
policy definition, reliable policy enforcement, and credible
compliance documentation,” said Chris Christiansen, an analyst at
IDC.
“By addressing these three IT requirements in a single solution,
CA has demonstrated a clear understanding of how enterprise
organisations need to leverage identity management technology,”
said Christiansen.
“Compliance efforts are now boardroom discussions, with chief
information officers tasked with mitigating risks while at the same
time driving down costs,” said Deborah Golden, a consultant at
Deloitte & Touche LLP. “Identity management is one of the areas
which help executives deliver this value.”