2AB Inc. Announces New Access Management Features in iLock Version 4.2.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2003 2AB Inc., provider of Trusted Solutions for Distributed Business, announces significant new features in their iLock(R) Enterprise Access Management products. The enhancements in version 4.2 focus on expanding capabilities for fine-grain access control policies and leveraging existing identity infrastructure within business applications. iLock 4.2 includes native support for entitlement-based access policies, seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with LDAP-based identity services and enhanced programmatic interfaces for seamless integration of customized user interfaces for business applications. iLock Security Services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the products provide the foundation for Enterprise Access Management in heterogeneous, distributed application An application made up of distinct components running in separate runtime environments, usually on different platforms connected via a network. Typical distributed applications environments. "As the business requirements for access control in applications increase, customers are realizing that a significant portion of their software development is devoted to these fine-grain access control services," stated Mitchel Sanders, 2AB CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. . "iLock provides what these developers need; a service that supports fine-grain access control as a separate architectural aspect of their business solutions. Access policies can be developed, managed, evolved and audited without modification to the business logic." META Group security analyst Earl Perkins predicts that "as businesses begin to put more focus on design for application securability and service oriented architecture, application-specific security mechanisms will migrate to infrastructure." The iLock 4.2 product suite, which provides application-level access management services, was demonstrated last week at the META Group Information Security and Risk Management Conference. The iLock products are specifically designed to support the sophisticated policy required for fine-grain access control in applications that have legislated privacy and confidentiality requirements. The core iLock Security Center technology also provides dynamic policy update capabilities and high performance caching. About 2AB: 2AB is a provider of Trusted Solutions for Distributed Business(SM). Providing standards-based infrastructure to integrate and protect business and personal information is the goal of their trusted infrastructure products. 2AB's products enable customers to meet the requirements of federal privacy and confidentiality legislation while maintaining consistent, auditable access control policy across an enterprise that includes diverse technology. 2AB professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. focus on providing application security consulting, model driven architecture and component software solutions utilizing distributed technologies such as XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , SOAP, J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. and CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global on diverse operating platforms. Founded in 1997, 2AB is privately held and headquartered in Shelby County, Alabama Shelby County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama and is named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky. The county seat of Shelby County is Columbiana. As of 2005 U.S. Census estimated the population was 171,465. . For more information, please see http://www.2ab.com. Note to Editors: 2AB and iLock are registered trademarks of 2AB Inc. orbLock, iLock, jLock, webLock, and c/Lock are trademarks of 2AB, Inc. CORBA is a registered trademark of the Object Management Group. JAVA is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. All other trademarks are the property of their holders. |
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