Compliance Driven Access Management

Too Many Passwords

People are forgetful. They forget where they put their keys, what they need at the grocery store and whose turn it is to feed the dog. Sometimes they even forget their passwords. But when they have a different password for each application, and they need access to ten different applications, can you really blame them?

You fight with this problem every day. When users do, inevitably, forget a password, they have no recourse except to call the helpdesk. Too many helpdesk calls mean that neither your users nor your IT staff are working on the value-added projects that help your business grow.

Empower your users through password self-service. It keeps them from getting derailed from their work, reduces helpdesk costs and makes everyone more efficient.

Your users know this. They don't like calling the helpdesk every day any more than the IT staff likes answering the calls. So to remember their passwords, users write them down or create simple, easy-to-guess passwords—both of which decrease security, increase the chance of malicious attacks and undermine your compliance efforts.

If your company can't trust that user authentication is secure, it can't trust the compliance reports that are based on that authentication. And with increasing and changing compliance mandates, greater insider threats and increased ramifications for breaches, you can't afford a breach or a failed audit.

You need to find a way to give each user a single password so you can lower costs, reduce risk and prove compliance.

Only One Password to Remember

With our Compliance Driven Access Management, you can ensure your users will only have one password to remember. And it won't be a fluffy password either. Our solutions, in addition to providing single sign-on, also allow you to set stringent parameters for your users' passwords. And if they do happen to forget—no big deal. We provide password self-service, so they can manager their own credentials without involving the helpdesk.

We also deliver advanced authentication and reporting. So if your systems require stronger security, you can use stronger authentication methods such as biometrics and smart cards.

Our solutions enable you to prove, track, automate and verify your security policies, so when that audit comes around, you can be sure you're ready for it.

One Person, One Identity

It's simple: one person, one identity. Our solutions unify your users' digital identities across all your systems. So no matter what you need to do—change a password, grant or revoke access or show proof of policy compliance—all the information you need is in one place, helping you lower costs, reduce risk and prove compliance. It's simple: One person, one identity. Our solutions unify your users' digital identities across all your systems. So no matter what you need to do—change a password, grant or revoke access or show proof of policy compliance—all the information you need is in one place, helping you lower costs, reduce risk and prove compliance.

Compliance Driven Access Management

You have a lot of obstacles to overcome to make IT compliant: a mixed environment, differing skill sets, mergers and acquisitions, and homemade solutions. But industry and internal regulators don't care about all that—if you're not compliant, they will hit your company with stiff penalties and fines. But could the penalties and fines be more expensive or disruptive than gathering and making sense of all that data?

You already face seemingly insurmountable challenges when it comes to your security and compliance efforts. Your company has corporate standards in place and you have the processes in place to ensure those standards are met. However, without a way to automate and enforce the policies, they're little more than words. You already know that users do what they have to in order to do their jobs, even if it means ignoring or subverting company policy.

Novell Access Manager can secure access to any standard Web application without requiring any changes to the Web server.

In addition, different members of different departments have different skills and needs, which means they'll implement the hosting platforms and applications that they're most familiar with and that best address their needs. If they don't work through the IT department, they bring unmanageable complexity to your enterprise, driving up costs and making compliance all but impossible. And if that weren't enough, your company keeps growing. It keeps acquiring new companies with systems that are different from yours, and none of which meet internal and industry regulations.

But these aren't the only difficulties you're dealing with. You also have to take into account:

• Increasing and changing compliance mandates due to market globalization and other factors
• Greater security threats from insiders
• Effects of public notification of security breaches
• Increased ramifications for violations

While these challenges might seem overwhelming, don't worry. Novell has a solution for all your compliance-driven access management needs.

Control Access According to Policy

Compliance Driven Access Management gives you the power to control access consistently according to policy. You won't have to wonder if you're in compliance—you'll know. With our solutions, you can ensure secure access to Web applications every time, even for employee or partners outside the firewall. You'll no longer have to worry about different departments following different policies because our solution automates manual processes and enforces security policy enterprisewide.

In addition, our products' single sign-on capabilities keep your users productive. They won't spend minutes a day (which translate into hours a week and days a year) typing multiple passwords into multiple applications. And you'll also reduce costs because your users won't have to call the helpdesk whenever they forget one of their many passwords.

And you can also control access to every part of your systems with role-based provisioning and reporting tools. Our solutions automatically recognize users based on their role within your company. So, if users try to access information or systems they're not entitled to, you'll know about it immediately and can take appropriate action.

All these features add up to lower costs, reduced risk and better compliance for your entire company.

Centralized Access Management

Compliance is easier with Compliance Driven Access Management from Novell. Our tools enable you to keep your company out of trouble. For example, Novell Access Manager can secure any standard Web application. You'll have centralized access management to validate user authentication, and you'll get comprehensive reports on the services your users accessed. So lower management costs, decrease the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information and facilitate compliance reporting—Compliance Driven Access Management from Novell.