Virtual Identity Server

(VIS) - The .NET LDAP Virtual Directory

Benefits

Below are some of the benefits that the Virtual Identity Server will bring to your organization.

Reduced IT Costs

Most organizations do not have a single, centralized Active Directory Forest or domain. These multiple forests or directories exist for a number of reasons such as corporate security policies or mergers & acquisitions.

This poses a significant challenge for information technology groups who must deploy applications and data to users existing in these multiple siloed directories. The Virtual Identity Server solves this by providing a joined view of data from these seperate directories, without forest trusts.

The Virtual Identity Server reduces IT costs by:

• Allowing you to rapidly deploy applications across multiple existing LDAP directories.
• Eliminating or reducing the synchronization of passwords and other data across LDAP directories.
• Reducing the complexity in an identity management deployment by accessing data directly at its source.

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Meet Audit and Compliance Initiatives

The Virtual Identity Server can help your organization meet audit and compliance initiatives such as those required by Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), Basel II, European Union Privacy Directive, Capital Accord HIPAA and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

VIS has complete and comprehensive audit logging of all activity. All LDAP operations are logged and stored to a Microsoft SQL Server database for easy reporting and retrieval. Using Optimal IdM Reports, you can easily report on who logged in and when, and what changes they made. Reports can even be auto-scheduled for email distribution in a wide variety of formats (PDF, XLS, HTML).

The Virtual Identity Server can help you answer questions such as:

• Who has logged in and when?
• What changes were made to data and when?
• Who was added to the Administrators group today?
• What changes did "Bob" make?

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Increased Security and Control

The Virtual Identity Server increases the security and control of your environment. VIS is not only a LDAP virtual directory, but also a LDAP firewall/ LDAP proxy.

With the Virtual Identity Server you will be able to:

• Gain greater control over what accounts connect, bind, and search your LDAP directory.
• Limit the entry points into your Active Directory, further protecting your Active Directory.
• Monitor and report on changes to the directory in real-time.
• Limit what searches and modifications can be peformed against the LDAP directory

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Enhanced Microsoft Centric Platform

The Virtual Identity Server increases the value of your existing Microsoft environment.

• VIS leverages the existing investment in Microsoft technology, extending it with increased functionality.
• VIS is developed in .NET technology and is designed to seamless integrate with your Microsoft environment.
• VIS is a platform that continues to grow with an organization's needs.
• VIS has proven point solutions for Microsoft applications such as SharePoint and MIIS/ILM

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Enhanced Application Environment

The Virtual Identity Server provides an enhanced application environment. VIS allows organizations to rapidly and easily deploy applications to users existing in multiple Active Directory forests or directories.

• The VIS Schema Manager™ eliminates the need to extend the Active Directory schema for third party LDAP applications.
• VIS allows you to rapidly deploy applications to users existing in multiple Active Directory Forests without any forest trusts.
• VIS simplifies your identity managment deployment by accessing data at its source directly.
• VIS provides multiple views of data, allowing for easy discrete application views of enterprise data.

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