Novell, Sun and Oracle Monday have announced updates to their identity-management platforms that focus on monitoring access controls and strengthening authentication.
Novell and Sun both unveiled tools for compliance (compare auditing and compliance tools), while Oracle added features to its strong authentication platform. (Compare identity-management platforms.) The trio made their announcements at the annual European version of the Burton Group Catalyst Conference, which opened Monday in Prague.
Novell released its Access Governance Suite, a bundle of two products it is licensing from roles-management vendor Aveksa. The tools let users define and manage access rights and streamline them into the identity- and access-management workflow, including role provisioning in Novell Identity Manager. Novell is integrating the bundle with its Sentinel software, which provides real-time event correlation. The Aveksa products in the bundle are branded Novell Compliance Certification Manager and Novell Roles Lifecycle Manager.
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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