Identity Future

Oracle announced on December 6, 2006, the release of their new Identity Management Suite providing Single Sign-on. This suite will help to incorporate many of Oracle’s applications to help with access control and passwords.

“The availability of Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Suite further enables customers to improve security throughout their entire organizations and to more easily meet compliance mandates while reducing costs,” Hasan Rizvi, vice president of security and identity management products at Oracle, said in a statement.

The five elements that comprise this suite are:

• Logon Manager: Allows users to access their Web-based and legacy applications with a user name and password but without having to constantly change and update passwords
• Password Reset: Enables users to set or recover lost passwords through a protected self-service interface in Windows environments
• Authentication Manager: Lets businesses use a combination of tokens, smart cards, biometrics and passwords to manage access to applications throughout the network
• Provisioning Gateway: Allows businesses to control their identity administration software, such as Oracle Identity Manager, to provision application accounts that can be accessed through Single Sign-On Manager
• Kiosk Manager: Enables users to access applications in a secure manner at multi-user kiosks and workstations, so that users can work from several locations throughout the day

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Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML) Version 2.0 was ratified today as an OASIS standard.

The OASIS international standards consortium today announced that its members have approved the Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML) version 2.0 as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification. SPML provides an XML-based framework for managing the allocation of system resources within and between organizations. Encompassing the entire life-cycle management of resources, SPML defines the provisioning of digital services such as user accounts and access privileges on systems, networks and applications, as well as non-digital or physical resources such as cell phones and credit cards.
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The SPML v2.0 OASIS Standard offers enhanced functionality as well as a new profile that lets users and other objects be manipulated more easily. Additional features include improved password management, user suspension capabilities, and user attribute schema discovery.

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