Vendors release wares at Catalyst conference

Identity Management This newsletter is sponsored by OpenService Straight Talk from Security Experts Leading security experts share their advice, secrets and real-world experiences in Network World's latest Executive Guide, "The Security Treadmill." Learn how to get inside users' heads, fight for a bigger security budget and much more. Click here to download this Executive Guide. Network World's Identity Management Newsletter, 06/27/07 Vendors release wares at Catalyst conference By Dave Kearns This week is the annual Catalyst conference where it’s become traditional for identity vendors and organizations to make major initiative and product announcements. I’ve a handful for you today, and I’m sure I’ll have more to report in future issues. Avatier has just announced Version 7 of the Avatier Identity Management Suite (AIMS), which includes the new Identity Enforcer module. This new module is described as a “self-service user provisioning” module, as described by CEO Nelson Cicchitto, who got really excited about it. The new module’s key features include the Hierarchical Business Services Repository – a structured view of available roles, privileges and assets that a delegated manager – or even a self-provisioning end user – can pick and choose from. See the Web site for all the details. Sun has announced a partnership with Deloitte & Touche to promote its Enterprise Role Lifecycle Management (ERLM) offering, which combines Deloitte & Touche’s Role Management for Enterprises (RM4E) service delivery methodology, Sun's Java System Identity Manager, and Vaau's RBACx role mining, role lifecycle management and role reporting capabilities. You can read the descriptive pamphlet online or get more info from your Sun or Deloitte representative. Get Everyone from the CEO to the MySpace Generation to Support Your Security Plans. September 10-11, 2007 | The Fairmont Chicago How do you get everyone from the boardroom to the mailroom to comply with your security initiatives? Come collaborate with peers on critical business topics like this at The Security Standard-the only business summit for senior security executives. For the latest in planning and management strategies. Click here for more details. Click here for more details Courion has released Courion Enterprise Provisioning Suite for Microsoft SharePoint, a product I got a sneak peek at during its user conference last month. Key benefits of the automated Courion-SharePoint capabilities include allowing organizations to select an appropriate level of control based on their security policy; the ability to help organizations gain better visibility into where to apply business policy in SharePoint, and at which security or resource level (such as Site, Document Library or Document); and how to set up rules for collaboration and sharing. With this tool, SharePoint users should be able to improve security controls while reducing administrative costs, minimizing manual operations and improving employee productivity. Sounds like a winner. Finally, Aveksa announced the Aveksa 3 Enterprise Access Governance Suite. This includes the new Aveksa Role Manager - a role discovery and lifecycle management tool, as well as the third generation of its flagship product Aveksa Compliance Manager, a policy-based tool for automated monitoring, review and remediation of user access privileges and compliance automation. Aveksa 3 claims to automate the monitoring, reporting, certification and remediation of user entitlements and roles for information assets across the enterprise while enabling role discovery and lifecycle management. It provides visibility into who has access to what, how they got that access, whether they should have access, and whether compliance objectives are being met. Aveksa 3 should allow organizations to more efficiently address security and regulatory demands through collaborative business processes that automate manual tasks, enforce accountability and provide evidence of compliance. Everything you want to know is at the Web site, where you can also schedule a demo. I’m sure there’ll be more announcements as the week goes on, and I’ll bring you the highlights in the weeks to come.   What do you think? Post a comment on this newsletter

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Contact the author: Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print "Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be found at Virtual Quill. Kearns is the author of two Network World Newsletters: Windows Networking Strategies, and Identity Management. Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these respective addresses: windows@vquill.com, identity@vquill.com . Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books, manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing, technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail. This newsletter is sponsored by OpenService Straight Talk from Security Experts Leading security experts share their advice, secrets and real-world experiences in Network World's latest Executive Guide, "The Security Treadmill." Learn how to get inside users' heads, fight for a bigger security budget and much more. Click here to download this Executive Guide. ARCHIVE Archive of the Identity Management Newsletter. BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: security.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007