Sungard: Identity and Access management across the Banner Digital Campus – Simplifying account management. Improving security
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 11:01:49 PM
Balancing the need for secure access against the need for an open and collaborative teaching and learning environment has always posed a unique challenge for professionals charged with securing and protecting campus networks. But security breaches are real, and hackers do work to exploit them. And as colleges and universities implement more complex IT portfolios, including shared services, security challenges will proliferate. Controlling access is necessary, but it shouldn’t hinder the people who teach, learn, and work at your institution.
Rather, a robust identity and access management solution should combine processes, technologies, and policies to manage digital identities and provide mechanisms to streamline access controls.
SunGard Higher Education is committed to helping institutions adopt industry standards for security and authentication.
In this Sungard white paper, we explain the approach to application authentication, a method that combines claims-based authentication with open IdM standards for easier account management and improved security.
The decision to adopt claims-based authentication as standard for new solution development, and to enable applications to work with the identity management solutions of your choice, is in keeping with our vision of the Open Digital Campus.
Now, whether you prefer a vendor-supported IdM solution or an open source option, you can implement what you need to stay technologically current and support your security policies and priorities.
This Sungard white paper looks at:
• Legacy authentication
• Centralized authentication: A better practice
• Benner enterprise identity management integration
• What does this mean for your existing archtectures?
• Where is identity management heading?