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New Oracle Identity Management Software Strengthens Security Across Diverse Operating Systems
April 2008 by Marc Jacob
Oracle announced the immediate availability of Oracle(r) Authentication Services for Operating Systems, a new offering within Oracle Identity Management, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware.
· Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems is software that centralizes user management and authentication across major Linux and Unix flavors.
· Traditionally, organizations have had to store and manage access and identity information locally on individual Linux or Unix servers throughout their enterprise. With Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems, IT managers can now centralize this information in a single corporate directory resulting in improved management while end users can access enterprise applications as well as Linux or Unix servers through a single sign-on login.
· Organizations with Unix or Linux servers can benefit from Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems by being able to easily enforce consistent security and compliance policies across these systems. For example, administrators and auditors can now centrally disable accounts or more easily report orphaned accounts, which helps ensure that administrator access is compliant with organizational policies.
Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems, part of the Oracle Directory Services offering, is based on open standards and includes the following features and complementary directory components:
· Tight integration with Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) on Unix and Linux operating systems, including Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Sun Solaris, IBM AIX and HPUX.
· Tools and scripts to configure both PAM and Oracle Internet Directory components for a simplified migration and native security between network endpoints.
· Oracle Internet Directory, built on the Oracle Database, which securely stores and distributes data pertaining to users, groups, roles and entitlements across the enterprise.
· Oracle Virtual Directory, which accesses identity information contained in several identity sources and presents it to the application as a single data source.
· password policy support that helps ensure users are selecting stronger passwords and changing them regularly.
