14 DAY TRIAL // SAP, IBM and Sun Microsystems are partners in identity management. It's all about the new GRC web services that SAP AG announced - they're facilitating seamless integration of SAP GRC Access Control with ID management software solutions.
Access Control is an application that monitors and enforces user access and authorization controls. These web services from SAP open up the full capabilities of SAP GRC Access Control and allow identity management software vendors to integrate their respective solutions, providing customers with a single set of tools to manage user identities, enforce corporate security policies and ensure compliance with regulatory mandates.
"Compliance initiatives are the major driver for the security and identity and access management markets, accounting for more than 70 percent of all revenue," said Sally Hudson, research director, security products and services, IDC. "As government and industry regulations proliferate, alongside other market forces such as greater security threats and a broadening enterprise workplace, companies will require integrated, standards-based software solutions to successfully manage through this new environment."
"Faced with growing security threats and increasing regulatory oversight, more and more companies are demanding seamless integration between their GRC and identity management solutions," said Narina Sippy, senior vice president and general manager, Governance, Risk and Compliance Business Unit, SAP AG. "Today's competitive and global business environment demands that organizations open up their enterprises to make important resources available to more people than ever before. At the same time, these organizations are required to provide unprecedented levels of transparency to outside stakeholders. More than ever, it's imperative that companies keep a watchful eye on the safety, privacy, security and integrity of valuable data assets. The new GRC Web services offered by SAP, along with the SAP NetWeaver Identity Management component and the integration efforts of IBM and Sun, provide our customers with an integrated toolset making possible truly secure, compliant identity management across heterogeneous IT systems."
"Integration and compliance" means things are going to work better if people collaborate - it's important for software to work the way it's intended to and these corporations are making big efforts in this direction.