Implementing a new security solution that ensures a rapid return on investment requires a high level of readiness across many sectors of an organization. Through the Encode Tivoli Security Readiness Assessment we can identify readiness issues before they become problems for your business, and provide a framework for planning the production, deployment, and operation of an appropriate security solution.
What is Security Software?
Security software helps with automating the increasingly complex task of managing system users' identities and associated system privileges, including rights to view or change data and utilize applications, while addressing the issues of security, privacy, and auditing.
Security is a vital component of any information system, such as web-based portals, sites, applications and/or data systems. A well-designed security system addresses the risks associated with a business and enacts proper policies and procedures throughout the organization.
The Encode Tivoli Security Readiness Assessment
The Encode Tivoli Security Readiness Assessment is a short-term engagement designed to help identify the challenges associated with implementing a successful security solution. Our primary goal is to provide you with the information you need to align your business strategy with your information technology investment.
During an Assessment, Encode works with key stakeholders to identify business objectives and develop a vision for the overall security solution. We do this by performing a gap analysis covering issues relating to risk, policies, procedures, validation and enforcement, as well as a technical assessment covering issues relating to:
- System & Network Monitoring
- Identity Management
- Access Management
- Single Sign-On
- Privacy Management
- Compliance (HIPAA, SOX, GLB)
Encode's extensive experience with IBM Tivoli products allows us to quickly assess and identify the various domains, business units, user communities, and legacy systems that may be affected by new security systems and work with you to mitigate any readiness issues or internal differences.
At the end of the engagement we provide full documentation of your organization's security readiness and an actionable plan to move forward with security implementation.
IBM Tivoli
For security Encode has chosen to partner with IBM because IBM Tivoli is the best choice for first class, industrial grade security. IBM's Tivoli security products provide the basis for integrated, scalable, reliable, and secure information systems.
IBM's Tivoli Access Manager (TAM), Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM) and Federated Identity Manager (FIM) can help manage growth, simplify complex security policies issues, and solve problems associated with implementing security policies across a wide range of web, application and operating resources:
- TAM lets companies define comprehensive security policies and administer security based on those policies. It supports single sign-on for web, Microsoft, telnet, and mainframe application environments.
- ITIM centralizes the definition of users and provisioning of user services. It enables users to perform many tasks themselves, such as password resets and personal profile changes which can lower help-desk call volume and costs.
- FIM is a system that allows individuals to use the same user name, password or other personal identification to sign on to the networks of more than one enterprise in order to conduct transactions. It negates the need to replicate identity and security administration at both companies.
SecurIT
Encode has chosen to partner with SecurIT to provide our customers with an expanded portfolio of capabilities and best-in-class security solutions. SecurIT products work with and enhance the IBM Tivoli product suite, helping to open business-critical applications to internet and intranet users in a cost-effective manner.
- SecurIT TrustBuilder is an extension for IBM Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) that, out-of-the-box, satisfies custom, multi-factor authentication and administration requirements.
TrustBuilder allows the implementation of a flexible authentication policy that supports straightforward migration between authentication mechanisms.
TrustBuilder can be used by any system or application requiring authentication services.
- SecurIT D-Man Monitoring Suite is the leading secure monitoring solution for e-business and security environments. D-Man comes with a comprehensive set of monitors to completely control the business-critical TAM environment, including surrounding network components, web servers and application servers.
- SecurIT R-Man is an extension for IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM) to manage roles in a more flexible way. R-man follows the NIST standard for Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and supports different models to implement RBAC in ITIM.
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