Identity and Privilege Managemen

Identity and Privilege Management

As distributed networking and remote computing continue to grow, issues surrounding data access privileges based on validated identities become more and more challenging. In the past, the identities issued to people and processes were tailored toward the specific format and requirements of a specific system. Typically, an ID and Password is required to gain access to a system. Vendors do not follow a standard Identity and Password format. As the number of systems accessed by a person or process increases, the number and type of identities also increases. Passwords are difficult to manage and maintain.

As organizations move toward enterprise-wide computing services, it is important that individuals have a single identity across enterprise computing platforms even if they are using similar computing systems. Centralized processes and services are required to enroll and de-enroll users from all enterprise computing systems in a consistent manner. In addition, once an individual or process successfully logs onto a system, there are minimal controls as to the data the individual or process can access. As security concerns become more prevalent, identities are now being associated with information access privileges. The job of managing identities and the associated mappings with access privileges across multiple platforms is becoming monumental.

The VDTG Identity and Privilege Management solution:

Provides processes and procedures for user enrollment and de-enrollment. This includes identity proofing;
Provides guidance on establishing security policies that define processes for determine data access privileges;
Provides the necessary infrastructure for the authentication and authorization information security services;
Provides the tools for auditing and confidentiality;
Allows data owners to specify the access control levels;
Provides for cross-enterprise identity management;
Provides for centralized management and control of all network system information resources, and
Increases employee effectiveness and productivity;

The VDTG Identity and Privilege Management solution is an integral component of an enterprise’s total IT security solution.