ClearTrust SecureControl Leverages Oracle Internet Directory for Automated Security Control

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ClearTrust SecureControl, a security product suite from Securant Technologies, has announced its integration with Oracle Internet Directory to provide automated control over user access to web-based systems. This integration enables ClearTrust SecureControl to access user information in Oracle Internet Directory, enforcing security policies and controlling access to web-based applications, content, and transactions. By linking to Oracle Internet Directory, ClearTrust SecureControl reduces administrator workloads and tightens security, allowing enterprises to couple directory-based user profiles with security management. The combination of ClearTrust SecureControl and Oracle Internet Directory provides a highly scalable infrastructure for managing application-level security over e-business resources.

Key Takeaways:

  • ClearTrust SecureControl integrates with Oracle Internet Directory to provide automated control over user access to web-based systems.
  • The integration enables ClearTrust SecureControl to enforce security policies and control access to web-based applications, content, and transactions.
  • ClearTrust SecureControl reduces administrator workloads and tightens security by linking to Oracle Internet Directory.
  • The combination of ClearTrust SecureControl and Oracle Internet Directory provides a highly scalable infrastructure for managing application-level security over e-business resources.
  • ClearTrust SecureControl uses business rules to centralize, unify, and automate every component of access management.
  • The product suite includes features such as access control, single sign-on, authentication, authorization, delegated administration, and auditing.
  • ClearTrust SecureControl is based on Internet standards and allows enterprises and service providers to centrally control user access.
  • Securant Technologies, the developer of ClearTrust SecureControl, is a leading developer of Internet security software.

Statistics:

  • The Oracle Internet Directory provides a scalable infrastructure capable of underpinning the largest and most demanding e-commerce applications.
  • ClearTrust SecureControl uses Smart Rules technology and a resource-based security model to automate the administration of security policy for millions of users.
  • The product suite processes dynamic updates to access control permissions based on actual business data.
  • By using SmartRules to manage security on a resource-basis rather than a user basis, ClearTrust SecureControl dramatically reduces administrator workloads.
  • Securant Technologies has a client base including Chase Hambrecht & Quist, First Union/The Money Store, Lehman Brothers, Thomson Financial, and Wells Fargo Bank.

Sources:

  • Securant Technologies press release, April 10, 2000.
  • Oracle Corporation press release (No specific date mentioned).
  • Securant Technologies website (http://www.securant.com).
  • Various company websites of Securant Technologies' partners (Check Point, Entrust Technologies, Fujitsu, Netscape Communications, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, and Verisign).