Novell Access Manager
Identity Information that Safely Crosses Boundaries
Let your users share information with trusted partners safely and securely. Novell Access Manager™ supports identity federation standards—including SAML, WS-Federation and Liberty Alliance—giving users a secure way to pass authentication information along when they need to. Deliver simple access to employees, customers and partners using standards-based access management technologies that make it easy to securely share identity information across business and technical boundaries.
Many of today's enterprises are collaborating closely online to achieve new levels of profitability and success. More than ever before, they are working together to develop compatible technologies and market new, complementary offerings. But in order for this cross-pollination to happen, one trusted business partner must be able to access resources from another partner in a secure manner. And that's where federated identity delivers value.
Novell Access Manager is built on a solid foundation, one that leverages identity federation standards, including SAML, WS-Federation and Liberty Alliance. This foundation minimizes, or even eliminates, interoperability issues among external partners or internal workgroups. In fact, Novell Access Manager features an identical configuration process for all federation partners, whether they are different departments within the same organization or external business partners. Either way, information flows the way it's supposed to—securely and barrier-free.
The need for privacy protection is designed into this information flow, including the ability to establish user-based policies—including Always Allow, Ask Permission or Never Allow—on the exchange of identity. Novell Access Manager offers this level of built-in privacy protection for your employees and partners alike, wherever they are working. With Access Manager in place, your organization can guarantee and document user confidentiality. And for federated provisioning, Access Manager adheres to those same policies and protections. It requires any service to obtain explicit permission from your users before it creates accounts for them.