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NetVision Introduces Unified Identity Management Audit and Security Platform.


New Platform Extended to Active Directory and eDirectory Environments for Audit Automation across Diverse Identity Management Infrastructure

AMERICAN FORK, Utah American Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah, USA, at the foot of Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Range, north of Utah Lake. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 21,941 and was estimated at 22,387 in 2004. It has been rapidly growing since the 1970s.  -- NetVision, Inc. today announced the extension of its Unified Identity Management Audit and Security Platform to support Active Directory and eDirectory on all host platforms. By combining real-time event and periodic information analysis with heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous.

heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind.

Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network).
 directory support, the platform automates the audit of diverse identity management infrastructure. Provisioning, 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.
, rights management, administrative behavior and other regulated identity processes are all evaluated from a single console.

Reduced Cost and Integrity

NetVision's unified approach meets two main audit and security objectives.

* Reduced Cost -- Virtually any critical identity control (provisioning, role management, password management, etc.) or application (SAP, Oracle, etc.) can be tracked from a single console. The need for costly, system-by-system reporting and monitoring is eliminated.

* Integrity -- The directory is a more reliable source of identity security information. An audit that relies upon information provided by the individual identity control systems does not reflect actual security posture posture /pos·ture/ (pos´choor) the attitude of the body.pos´tural

pos·ture
n.
1. A position of the body or of body parts.

2.
. For example, user accounts added directly to the directory would not be reflected by an audit of 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.  event information. Furthermore, NetVision's independence of the control processes under audit enables a more robust separation of duties.

"Organizations today find that the cost and time required to set up and consolidate compliance audit systems for each individual identity processes is prohibitive pro·hib·i·tive   also pro·hib·i·to·ry
adj.
1. Prohibiting; forbidding: took prohibitive measures.

2.
. NetVision's solution provides them with a single, automated au·to·mate  
v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates

v.tr.
1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory.

2.
 mechanism for auditing compliance across a range of processes," said NetVision chief executive officer, David Rowe David Rowe is the name of several people:
  • David E. Rowe, American science historian
  • David C. Rowe, American psychologist
  • David Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe, British politician
Dave Rowe may refer to:
. "We save these organizations money, and we help them meet deadline commitments they have made to their boards or auditors."

The NetVision Unified Identity Management Audit and Security Platform is available immediately. Five-hundred user pricing for real-time event monitoring In computer science, event monitoring is the process of collecting, analyzing, and signalling event occurrences to subscribers such as operating system processes, active database rules as well as human operators.  or periodic information assessment capabilities purchased separately is $14 per user. Combined pricing for real-time event and periodic monitoring capabilities purchased together is $21 per user. For more product information visit Identity Management Audit at www.netvision.com or call 801-770-3700.

About NetVision

Founded in 1995, NetVision, Inc. is the pioneering developer of best practice identity management controls. Deployed in over 1,000 enterprises worldwide, the firm is focused on automating audit and security processes for diverse identity management infrastructure. NetVision's unified platform integrates regulatory compliant policy definition, real-time event monitoring, periodic information audit and remediation. NetVision customers benefit from reduced costs, improved audit integrity and lower risk. The firm is privately held and headquartered in American Fork, Utah, USA.

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