Access Control
Novell Access Manager
Identity Information that Safely Crosses Boundaries. Simplify and secure access management for seamless interaction between you, your partners and customers as you save time and money with Novell Access Manager 3.
Let your users share information with trusted partners safely and securely. Novell Access Manager™ implements Liberty Alliance Identity Federation specifications, 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 Liberty Alliance, WS-Security and SAML. 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.
Make it easy to log in and use web-based applications. With Novell Access Manager™, you can deploy standards-based Web single sign-on which means employees, customers and partners only have to remember one login or password for authorized access to all corporate and Web-based applications they are authorized to use. That means fewer helpdesk calls and the reduced likelihood of users resorting to risky written reminders your users will be more productive and youll be supporting your organization's security requirements.
By simplifying the use and management of passwords, Novell Access Manager helps you enhance the user's experience, increase security, streamline business processes and reduce system administration and support costs.
From the end user's point of view, Novell Access Manager is convenient. It features a single web login that provides seamless access to all authorized internal and external services. Each federated identity provider counts on Access Manager for precise policy enforcement. It delivers the same rights users would have if they signed into the individual systems directly. And for all users, Novell Access Manager delivers complete security, locking out anyone who tries to attack business operations or IT infrastructure over the Internet.
Give users the same experience with apps, whether they are inside or outside the firewall. With SSL VPN, Access Manager allows you to provide your mobile workers with a secure tunnel between, say, their hotel room and the server-based (not web-based) app they're accessing. This means they only have to learn one method of doing their job, whether they're sitting at their desk or not.
Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network (SSL VPN) is a Linux-based remote-access security technology that provides secure access to non HTTP-based applications. This service shares session information with Access Gateway, enabling single sign-on and extending role-based authorization to back-end applications. The SSLVPN supports client-integrity checking to ensure that required corporate software - such as firewalls and virus scanners - is enabled before access is granted.