Saturday, March 21, 2009

Resources - Identity Management Systems

Resources

When user has to access Any thing thats called resources, and it also can be any thing, like Computer Systems, Data Storage, external devices etc....So thata user can access N-Number of Resources, so that Identity Manager create one Virtual identity for that like A- User from a Software Co. can Access Laptop, Server, Data Base Server, RSA-Security Card and many more, here Idenity manager map user with all the resources and create one Virtual identityIn Genral Corporate Sector's users are grouped into functional departments or geographical divisions. Each of these departments typically requires access to different resources. In Identity Manager terms, this type of group is called an organization.and in the Organization particular Division has to bind with specific user through Some Role.Identity Manager system, you assign roles to user accounts to facilitate efficient enabling and disabling of access to resources.