Sun's BluePrint online addresses the crucial issue of identity infrastructure and whether it can be deployed in a cost-effective, scalable way that will offer the best possible return on investment.

Our web-driven world has redefined business strategies and the IT infrastructures that support web applications and web users. These changes require a new set of strategic imperatives for CIOs and CISOs, who must address several areas, including the building and design of identity infrastructure that meets their business needs.

This paper examines ways for enterprises to build and maintain the identity and access management infrastructure that can support growth for the short and long term. The following areas are addressed:

• Examine what is required of an identity infrastructure today

• Characterize Sun’s pragmatic approach to identity

• Describe Sun’s portfolio of pragmatic identity solutions

• Present examples of how Sun’s approach to identity works in the real world

Imagine an integrated identity management products portfolio that addresses end-end deployment capabilities as a comprehensive set of solutions, or one at a time as needed to meet requirements for enterprising. Users may choose to examine how Sun manages to apply identity management solutions for several areas in which organizations need, specifically for provisioning, password management, identity data synchronization, role management, access control compliance, single sign-on (SSO), directory services, auditing and reporting, federation services and identity administration services.

The paper said, "As a leader in open-source, Sun is further simplifying identity management by offering open identity solutions, initially for access management and directory services, and ultimately for all identity management capabilities."

With open source, the Sun identity management solutions provided by this paper suggest that users get the "best of both worlds" with support for commercial products combined with the benefits of using evolving products from the large, but expanding open source community.

Contents

• Executive Summary

• Requirements for an Effective Identity Infrastructure (The evolution of identity, What the identity infrastructure must deliver)

• How a Pragmatic Approach Can Make It Work (The three key aspects of Sun’s “everyday identity” approach)

• The Sun Portfolio of Identity Solutions (Sun Identity Manager, Sun Role Manager, Sun Identity Compliance Manager, Sun OpenSSO Enterprise, Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition, Sun OpenDS Standard Edition)

• Sun’s Pragmatic Identity Approach in Action (Telecommunications: Swisscom Mobile AG, Financial Services: Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG, Healthcare: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Education: Western Michigan University, Government: Government of Norway)

• Conclusion

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