Sun Microsystems has launched Identity Manager 8.0, a role-based
user provisioning system that the company says is targeted at
enterprise and extranet environments where
identity lifecycle management and auditing needs exist.
With the
increasing global focus on compliance, Sun says its latest
release features an expanded data export and verification engine so
that business roles can be used to drive identity policies for all
individuals in their respective roles within a business.
Identity Manager 8.0 features "closed-loop" compliance
techniques, a system of transforming inputs into outputs while
ensuring that controls and rules exist to regulate that process and
thereby provide the ability to review and correct improperly
assigned access.
Sun's Identity Manager 8.0 also includes major updates in
operational reporting so that companies can analyse their legal
entitlement data, which can help them gain better control of
provisioning and auditing processes. Reports suggest that this
helps when these businesses have to expand their services via the
internet and address government regulations such as
Basel 2 and
Sarbanes-Oxley.
Sun Identity Manager 8.0
is available as a standalone product or with the Sun Java
Identity Management Suite, which includes Sun Role Manager on a
subscription or license basis.