Identity Federation: Concepts, Use Cases and Industry Standards
Learn the basic concepts underlying identity federation using a real-world example. Get an introduction to browser-based and document-based identity federation by describing typical use case scenarios. This paper also describes the various standards and industry initiatives that address identity federation. Must read!
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CA
Executive summary:
CA, Inc. (NYSE: CA) , the world's largest management software company, delivers software and services across operations, security, storage, life cycle and service management to optimize the performance, reliability and efficiency of enterprise IT environments.
CA
Products:
Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management (Unicenter WSDM)
Unicenter WSDM is a state-of-the-art management solution for any service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment.
eTrust Directory
eTrust Directory combines LDAP v3 access with X.500 distribution and replication to deliver a backbone of servers that can scale to hundreds of millions of entries. It connects disparate directories with virtual-directory technology, and stores all identity information and associated resources. In addition, eTrust Directory manages Web services by providing a secure repository for Web services information with standards-based UDDI lookup and discovery, and DSML for XML integration.
Unicenter Web Services Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager
For organizations that use Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), CA's Unicenter® Web Services Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager integrates the information collected by Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management, Unicenter Management for .NET Framework and other CA products related to Web services management into the MOM user interface.
eTrust® TransactionMinder
eTrust™ TransactionMinder® is an identity-based Web services security product that secures access to Web services by inspecting the security information contained in the XML documents submitted by Web service consumers. By leveraging a core set of Web services standards, eTrust TransactionMinder utilizes centralized security policies bound to user identities for authentication, authorization, federation, session management and audit.
CA
Related News:
- CA Announces New Release of eTrust SiteMinder With Enhanced Identity Federation Capabilities
- CA Joins Working Group to Create Specification For Federating And Accessing IT
- Three Specifications Submitted to W3C
- Members Approve WS-Security v1.1 as OASIS Standard
- CA Announces Enterprise-Scale Identity Management Tool
- OASIS Announces Committee to Advance Standards for Web Services Secure Exchange (WS-SX)
- Computer Associates Announces SAML 2.0 Support
- CA Bundles Life Cycle Management Solutions with Web Services Features
Related Papers:
- Universal Federation Architecture
- Identity Federation: Concepts, Use Cases and Industry Standards
- CA WSDM Data Sheet from CA
- Managing Web Services with CA Web Services Distributed Management 3.1
- End-to-End Security for Web Services and Services Oriented Architectures
- Management and Security in the World of Web Services
- Measurement Principles for Web Services White Paper
- The Unicenter Web Services Performance Index White Paper
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Paul Lipton
Theme: Web Services and SOA Management
Company: CA
Title: Senior Architect specializing in SOA, Web services, and Application Management in the Enterprise Systems Management group within CA
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