Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Best identity and access management products 2011"
This article is part of the September 2011 issue of The top 2011 security products: Information Security Readers' Choice Awards
gold winner Novell Identity Manager Novell www.novell.com Novell Identity Manager handily beat out its competitors, earning the gold medal. The software manages identity across virtual, physical and cloud environments, and provides policy-driven control of access to applications. The product received high scores from readers for its ease of use and ability to integrate with user directories and other information databases. The software comes with out-of-the-box drivers to integrate with widely used enterprise systems, and has built-in support to extend access management policies to SaaS applications. It integrates with most third-party security information and event management (SIEM) systems. Activity reports provide views of user data, activities and application access states. Identity Manager also won high marks for its ability to scale and its service and support. Novell says its architecture is built for real-time response; It can provision and deprovision identities instantly to prevent internal threats. A new feature called fan-out drivers, added ... Access >>>
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