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WHITEPAPER
The Need for Unified Identity
and Access Management
January 2006
T h i n k I D e n t i t y
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................................3 THE COMPLEXITIES OF IDENTITY MANAGEMENT ...........................................................................................4 WHAT IS IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT..................................................................................................6 USER AUTHENTICATION.......................................................................................................................................... 7 ACCESS AUTHORIZATION........................................................................................................................................ 7 CENTRAL MANAGEMENT......................................................................................................................................... 8 ACCESS ACCOUNTABILITY ...................................................................................................................................... 8 WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AN IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTION..................................................................8 A10'S IDSENTRIE 1000 - UNIFIED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT...........................................................................9 HOW IDSENTRIE SIMPLIFIES IDENTITY& ACCESS MANAGEMENT............................................................................. 10 THE IDSENTRIE ADVANTAGE............................................................................................................................13 IMPROVED EFFICIENCY AND MINIMIZED MANAGEMENT OVERHEAD.......................................................................... 13 INCREASED SECURITY, IN-DEPTH VISIBILITY AND COMPLIANCE ............................................................................... 13 REDUCED COMPLEXITY AND LOWER COST ............................................................................................................ 14 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................14 Disclaimer Although A10 Networks has attempted to provide accurate information in these materials, A10 Networks assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information. More specific information is available on request from A10 Networks. Please note that A10 Networks' product information does not constitute or contain any guarantee, warranty or legally binding representation, unless expressly identified as such in a duly signed writing. A10 Networks and IDSentrie are registered trademarks of A10 Networks, Inc. Obtaining More Information For more information on A10 Networks' Smart IDentity Management solution and its IDSentrie product family, please visit A10's web site at www.a10networks.com. Corporate Headquarters A10 Networks, Inc. 2125 Oakland Road San Jose, CA 95131-1578 USA +1 (408) 325-8668 (main) +1 (408) 325-8666 (fax) 2 ©2006 A10 Networks, Inc I D e n t i t y A w a r e N e t w o r k S o l u t i o n s
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Introduction Today's business environment is becoming more and more demanding as enterprises adopt the concepts of the "virtual office" and the global market place. Competition and openness are driving business processes to a new level of complexity and making things much more difficult to manage. With regulatory compliance such as SOX, HIPAA, GLBA, and ISO 17799 in the United States and the EU Data Protection Directive, European Cybercrime Treaty, and EU Safe Harbour in Europe, IT processes and procedures must be re-invented to provide accountability, internal controls, and accurate reporting, logging, and alerting. Properly securing and managing access and identity information is further complicated with the widespread heterogeneous systems required to run our businesses. The ... [download for more]
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