Designing an IAM Framework with Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite

by Scheidel, Jeff

• ISBN13: 9780071741378
• ISBN10: 0071741372
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-16
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

From Oracle Press--a trusted advisor's guide to the lifecycle of an identity and access management (IAM) project with Oracle Identity and Access Management SuiteDesigning an IAM Framework with Oracle Identity and Access Management Suiteis a comprehensive approach to an IAM project with Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite. The book begins by defining identity and access management and explaining how to assess an organization's need for an IAM framework. This Oracle Press guide then teaches you, set by step, how to determine the functionality required by your organization, design a framework, and implement the actual features and functions needed for supporting true business requirements.Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite provides a comprehensive solution to the entirety of an organization's identity and security requirements. This book fully explains how to implement all of the suite's components and touches on the infrastructure pieces that provide a foundation for the suite, as well as aid in governing the components and tying identity to application security.Designing an IAM Framework with Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite: Features soup-to-nuts, process-specific coverage of Oracle Identity Access Management Suite and the IAM project lifecycle Is written by an Oracle insider with 14 years of experience in this area Highlights specific concerns and issues gleaned from the author's years helping design and implement large, multi-national IAM frameworks Includes many stories of how-to and how-NOT-to, based on actual implementationsComplete Details on Building an Oracle IAM Framework Determining Your Need for an IAM Framework; Planning an IAM Project; Compliance Considerations; Making the Business Case; Pitfalls: Common Mistakes in IAM; Designing an Oracle IAM Framework; Registration and Account Creation; Provisioning; Authentication and Strong Authentication; Authorization; Compliance Support; Change Management; Legacy Considerations; Testing Your Framework; Choosing Software; Getting Help With your IAM Project; Notes On the Actual Implementation; Post-Implementation: Keeping the Framework Running

Author Biography

Jeff Scheidel is a Principal Security Consultant at Oracle and has been a software professional since 1984, with more than 14 years dedicated to identity and related security. He has overseen the exploration, acquisition, and implementation of identity and access frameworks at several global organizations throughout North and South America and Europe. Jeff has written on application security for Computerworld.

Table of Contents

Part I: Defining the Value of and the Need for IAM; Chapter 1: Who's Where, and Why Do You Care?; Chapter 2: Determining Your Need for an IAMFramework; Part II: Preparing the Enterprise for IAM; Chapter 3: Planning an IAM Project; Chapter 4: Compliance Considerations; Chapter 5: Making the Business Case; Chapter 6: Achieving Pitfalls: Common Mistakes in IAM; Part III: The Oracle Identity and Access Solution; Chapter 7: Designing an Oracle IAM Framework; Chapter 8: User Account Creation; Chapter 9: Provisioning: Now That I'm In, What Can I Have?; Chapter 10: Authentication and SSO: Accessing What I've Been Granted; Chapter 11: Authorization: Now That I've Got It, How Do I Get to It?; Chapter 12: Compliance Support; Chapter 13: The Time Bomb Everybody Forgets: Things Change; Chapter 14: Legacy Considerations; Chapter 15: Testing Your Framework; Part IV: Pre- and Post-Implementation Advice; Chapter 16: Choosing Software; Chapter 17: Getting Help with Your IAM Project; Chapter 18: Notes on the Actual Implementation; Chapter 19: Post-Implementation: Keeping the Framework Running; Index