Courion Demonstrates User Provisioning and Converged Physical/Logical Security with Imprivata, Inc.First Showing of extended integration will be at Gartner's European Identity and Access Management Summit LONDON -- Courion[R] Corporation, the provisioning experts for results-driven operations, today announced that it is extending its strategic relationship with Imprivata, the Authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. and Access Management appliance company, to address the rapidly emerging need for converged Physical/Logical identity security. Courion and Imprivata, who had previously integrated their respective AccountCourier[R] user provisioning The ability for customers to change voice and data services from their carriers online without having to place the order with a human representative. Web-based user provisioning lets you add and delete services and features from your browser. See automated provisioning. solution and OneSign Enterprise Single Sign-On Enterprise single sign-on (E-SSO) systems are designed to minimize the number of times that a user must type their ID and password to sign into multiple applications. The E-SSO solution automatically logs users in, and acts as a password filler where automatic login is not possible. solutions, have now extended the relationship to incorporate OneSign's Physical/Logical capability. With this combined solution, organizations can now provide a comprehensive user access policy across their entire enterprise environment. The companies will be demonstrating this integrated approach for the first time starting today at Gartner's European IAM IAM - Interactive Algebraic Manipulation. Interactive symbolic mathematics for PDP-10. ["IAM, A System for Interactive Algebraic Manipulation", C. Christensen et al, Proc Second Symp Symb Alg Manip, ACM Mar 1971]. Summit. Courion's AccountCourier[R] user provisioning solution lets authorized users authorized user Radiation physics A person who, having satisfied the applicable training and experience requirements, is granted authority to order radioactive material and accepts responsibility for its safe receipt, storage, use, transfer and disposal instantly grant or revoke To annul or make void by recalling or taking back; to cancel, rescind, repeal, or reverse. revoke v. to annul or cancel an act, particularly a statement, document, or promise, as if it no longer existed. account access to IT systems, applications and Web portals See portal. . In combination with OneSign, AccountCourier enables new users to have their single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. credentials provisioned and de-provisioned automatically. AccountCourier also supports OneSign's Shared Workstation functionality including user switching, roaming sessions, single-key and time-based lockouts, which are particularly important in industries such as healthcare and manufacturing. In addition, OneSign's Physical/Logical capabilities uniquely integrate with building access control systems to converge disparate identities and allow network access policy decisions based on a user's physical location. In combination with Courion's asset provisioning capability, the solution provides an end-to-end converged access control solution. "As long as physical and logical identities are managed independently, security policy can be compromised," said Kurt Johnson Kurt Johnson (born March 23, 1963) is a professional American drag racing driver. He was born in Virginia, Minnesota, and currently resides in Buford, Georgia. He competes in the NHRA’s POWERade Drag Racing series, driving a Chevrolet Cobalt in the highly competitive Pro Stock , vice president of corporate development, Courion. "Imprivata and Courion will be demonstrating a complete security approach which will allow organizations to refine policy, improve its enforcement, and at the same time create user productivity through self-service." "Courion and Imprivata have both proven themselves successful in delivering solutions that produce results, providing value to customers' management, users and IT administrators," said Omar Hussain, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Imprivata. "Working together, we'll be demonstrating a complete identity and access management capability that proves the fundamental usefulness of a converged security platform." ABOUT COURION Courion is the Enterprise Provisioning and Access Compliance Expert for results-driven organizations. Built on market-proven technology, Courion's software solutions streamline operations and automate business processes to simultaneously achieve cost, security and service quality results. Courion's innovative approach eliminates the complexity and barriers to provisioning and compliance adoption, resulting in an unparalleled track record of customer success. Courion was recently named to IT Week's 2006 list of Top 50 Technology Innovators and recognized as an Info Security 2007 "Hot Company." For more information, please visit our website at www.courion.com. Courion and AccountCourier are registered trademarks of Courion Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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