HSPD - 12 Solution

SPS assists government agencies securely manage logical sources of identity information across their lifecycles by tying together user data from different multi-vendor ‘touch points’ through our expertise with the IBM Tivoli Security suite.

An Overview of the IBM HSPD-12 Solution

An IBM-based solution can help you create a secure, automated identity management infrastructure allowing:

• Automated creation of user accounts
• Facilitation of audit compliance by centrally administering access rights
• A flexible web-based self-service interface for resetting passwords and updating accounts
• A high level of interoperability to leverage existing resources and to exchange user identification with other organizations

An Overview of the IBM Tools used in HSPD-12 Compliance

The IBM Tivoli Security Suite:

Tivoli Identity Manager

• Central integration point to manage and automate user privileges, maintaining a record of access-rights changes for audit requirements
• Uses PIV-II supported credentials to authenticate user privileges
• Build-in reconciliation helps automatically discover invalid accounts – if an NACI check returns an unsatisfactory response, the provisional PIV card can be revoked immediately

IBM Tivoli Access Manager

• Prevents unauthorized access by consolidating access control across multiple file types, application providers, devices and protocols
• Enforces role-based access-control policies across multiple resources
• Role-based permissions allow assigning different permissions to groups of users such as contractors, employees and administrators
• Allows for Web-based single sign-on capabilities

IBM Federated Identity Management

• Obtains trusted information about third-party identities without creating, enrolling or managing new accounts
• Offers support for all leading federation standards and specifications including all critical elements of the Federal E-Authentication initiative such as SAML

For questions, please send email to idm@spsnet.com.

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