Identity Management has become a core concern for every IT department. The interdependence of enterprise systems and the proliferation of connected applications has increased management costs and the likelihood of errors and security vulnerabilities. Whether the driver is business process improvement, compliance, or security, a successful identity management strategy is a mission-critical imperative.
Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 (ILM 2007) provides an integrated and comprehensive solution for managing the entire lifecycle of user identities and their associated credentials. It provides identity synchronization, certificate and password management, and user provisioning in a single solution that works across Microsoft Windows and other organizational systems. As a result, IT organizations can define and automate the processes used to manage identities from creation to retirement.
Business Needs:
- Reduce the high costs with manual provisioning and deprovisioning of user identities
- Reduce help desk costs for simple tasks, such as password resets
- Manage a growing number of digital identities quickly and easily
- Simplify the management of new security initiatives, such as smart cards and certificates
ILM 2007 FP1 is designed to simplify and automate some of the most costly aspects of Identity Lifecycle Management. ILM 2007 FP1 enables organization to:
Provision and Deprovision Users. In many organizations, information about new employees is entered in a HR database first. Then, the IT department creates user accounts, mailboxes, and other identity information in different database systems. ILM 2007 FP1 automatically creates these user accounts, mailboxes, and other identity information in target systems in real-time so new employees are productive immediately, and also ensures that corporate resource access is instantly revoked for employees who leave the organization.
Synchronize Identity Information. Organizations that have many different directories and other data repositories such as a Human Resources (HR) data repository, mainframe systems, or databases, can use ILM 2007 FP1 to synchronize user accounts and attributes in all of those systems, including synchronization of passwords. Directory synchronization saves time and money that is currently spent on keeping data consistent and enforcing data ownership rules.
Manage Certificates and Smart Cards. ILM 2007 FP1 includes a workflow and policy based solution that enables organizations to easily manage the life cycle of digital certificates and smart cards. ILM 2007 FP1 leverages Active Directory Directory Services and Active Directory Certificate Services to provision digital certificates and smart cards, with automated workflow to manage the entire life cycle of certificate-based credentials. ILM 2007 FP1 significantly lowers the costs associated with digital certificates and smart cards by enabling organizations to more efficiently deploy, manage, and maintain a certificate-based infrastructure. It also streamlines the provisioning, configuration, and management of digital certificates and smart cards, while increasing security through strong, multifactor authentication technology.
Benefits
- Boost efficiency by integrating with existing infrastructures to automate and centrailize idendity lifecycle processes and tools that were historically disparate and manual
- Improve operational efficiency
- Incorporate strong authentication tools seamlessly
- Reduce integration and customization costs
- Improve security compliance
- Reduce help desk costs