Identity Management
Q. What is
Identity Management
A. Identity
Management (IdM) is a general term and encompasses technologies
including password management (synchronisation and self reset),
user provisioning and access management. Enables and maintains
user access to network resources. This includes the creation of
the user entity (functionality typically found in a human resource
applications), authorization and permissions (SSO and password
management functionality), and a single point of administration
for de/provisioning accounts (as in provisioning).
Q. What is
Provisioning or Enterprise User Administration (EUA)
A. Provisioning is a
general term usually meaning the ability to control users -
including adding users, revoking, resuming and deleting. Access
control and definition by roles and rules together with the
ability to use templates and bulk creation are all part of a good
provisioning tool.
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Single Sign-On
Q. What does
'Single Sign-On' mean?
A. Single sign-on is
where a single action of user authentication and authorization
permits a user to access all computers and systems where he has
access permission, without the need to enter multiple passwords.
a.k.a. single signon, sso, single login, single login, single
password signon etc. Single password sign-on support enables
end-users to access systems and applications repeatedly with only
a single password sign-on at initial logon. Single sign-on thereby
eliminates the need to memorize multiple passwords and cuts the
spiralling incidence of forgotten passwords.
Q. What is SSO?
A. Single Sign-on
enables the elimination of too many passwords across the
enterprise.
Q. What is meant
by 'single logon' or ‘single login’?
A. Single logon is
the same as SSO - support enables end-users to access the systems
repeatedly with only a single logon at the initial sign-on time.
Single logon thereby cuts the spiralling incidence of forgotten
passwords.
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Password Management
Q. What is Password
Management?
A. Password
management software helps corporate security administrators, help
desk staff and end users manage the complexities of multiple
passwords in multi-platform environments. Password management
accomplishes this by preventing user down-time due to lost or
forgotten passwords. Password management also frees help desk and
security administrators from resetting lost or forgotten
passwords.
Q. What is
Password Synchronization? (aka sync, synch, synchronisation)
A. Password
synchronization synchronises passwords and password changes
between different information security systems such as RACF, ACF2,
CA-Top Secret, and Microsoft Windows NT security, and different
computing environments such as IBM OS/390, Microsoft Windows NT
domains, UNIX, AIX, SUN Solaris, HPUX, AS/400, OpenVMS and Novell
NetWare, enabling them to work as one. A password change is
intercepted and the change propagated to all systems and
applications.
Q. What does 'single
sign-on' mean?
A. Single password
sign-on support enables end-users to access systems and
applications repeatedly with only a single password sign-on at
initial logon. Single sign-on thereby eliminates the need to
memorize multiple passwords and cuts the spiralling incidence of
forgotten passwords.
Q. What is SSO?
A. Password
synchronization capability provides the key benefit promised by
SSO (Single Sign On) with the elimination of too many passwords
across the enterprise.
Q. What does 'single
password' mean?
A. A single password
sign-on support enables end-users to access the systems repeatedly
with only a single password sign-on at initial logon. Single
password logon to applications eliminates the need to memorize
multiple passwords and cuts the spiralling incidence of forgotten
passwords.
Q. What about
forgotten passwords?
A. Forgotten
passwords are a thing of the past with synchronisation and
self-reset. They eliminate the need for users to memorize multiple
passwords in order to access the many systems they need and
thereby dramatically cuts the high incidence of forgotten
passwords and the drain on help desk staff to reset forgotten
passwords.
Q. What is Password
Reset?
A. Identity
verification questions and answers mechanisms as in
challenge-response identity verification. The management of a
single password reduced the likelihood of discovery thus improving
security. Password Self-Reset allows users who forgot their
password to easily change or reset their password using a
web-based password reset. Password Geneous-Reset integrates with
Password Geneous-Sync to synchronise the password reset on all
enterprise systems.
Q. How can we
eliminate Password Help Desk Calls?
A. Password Geneous
modules cuts down on password helpdesk calls by allowing users who
forgot their password to easily change or reset their password
using a web-based password reset. Password Geneous-Reset
integrates with Password Geneous-Sync to synchronise the password
reset on all enterprise systems.
Q. How Can Users
Reset Their Own Passwords?
A. Password Geneous-Reset
allows users who forget their password to easily change or reset
their password using a web-based password reset facility. Password
Geneous-Reset goes beyond simply helping users reset their own
passwords by integrating with the synchronisation module to
synchronize password resets on all enterprise systems.
Q. What is Password
Reset Administration?
A. Password Geneous-Reset
supports password reset administration by allowing users who
forget their password to easily change or reset their password
using a web-based password reset facility. Password Geneous-Reset
further eases password reset administration by integrating with
Password Geneous-Sync to synchronise the password reset on all
enterprise systems.
Q. What is a
Password Reset Kiosk?
A. Password Geneous-Reset
provides a web-based password reset kiosk function to allow users
who forget their password to easily change or reset their
password. The Password Geneous-Reset password reset kiosk further
eases password administration by integrating with Password Geneous-Sync
to synchronize password resets on all enterprise systems.
Q. What is Password
Reset User Administration?
A. Password Geneous-Reset
supports password reset user administration by allowing users who
forget their password to easily change or reset their password
using a web-based password reset facility. Password Geneous-Reset
further eases password reset user administration by integrating
with Password Geneous-Sync to synchronise the password reset on
all enterprise systems.
Q. What is Self Help
Password Reset?
A. Password Geneous-Reset
provides self help password reset to allow users who forget their
password to easily change or reset their password using a
web-based self-help password reset facility. Password Geneous-Reset
further eases password reset user administration by integrating
with Password Geneous-Sync to synchronise the password reset on
all enterprise systems.
Q. What is Self
Service Password Reset?
A. Password Geneous-Reset
provides self service password reset to allow users who forget
their password to easily change or reset their password using a
web-based self-help password reset facility. Password Geneous-Reset
further eases password reset user administration by integrating
with Password Geneous-Sync to synchronise the password reset on
all enterprise systems.
Q. Is There a Web
Based Password Reset?
A. Password Geneous-Reset
provides web-based password reset to allow users who forget their
password to easily change or reset their password using a
web-based password reset facility. Password Geneous-Reset
web-based password reset further eases password administration by
integrating with Password Geneous-Sync to synchronize password
resets on all enterprise systems.
Q. What is GINA
Overlay?
A. The purpose with
GINA Overlay (Basic Authentication logon screen) is to allow a
user to reset their password from the logon screen GINA Overlay (CTRL+ALT.+DEL.)
without the needing to have access to a web browser.
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Web Identity Management and Provisioning
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