UnboundID, a provider of identity data solutions for cloud, telco, and enterprise computing, released products based on the Simple Cloud Identity Management (SCIM) standard. By supporting SCIM, UnboundID can provide a standardized and simpler solution for organizations provisioning and managing user identities across multiple cloud-based services, including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings.

UnboundID’s SCIM-enabled directory server enables developers to build directory applications using REST-based interfaces. In addition, UnboundID announced that it will release an extension to its Synchronization Server that makes it possible to synchronize identity data from existing data stores—such as Active Directory, LDAP and relational databases—to SCIM-enabled cloud applications, like SalesForce.com. 

IBM announced a new identity management system called Security Role and Policy Modeler. Based on IBM Research, the software analyzes employee data and recommends a set of roles to better secure an organization and manage compliance.

The analytics can flag abnormal behavior, inconsistencies in role access and expired user access. Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications provider in India, and Cognizant, an IT consulting and business process outsourcing in the U.S., are already using the software.

An employee’s unauthorized access to client information can leave a firm vulnerable to security breaches and audits. Many companies juggle the administration of identifying, managing and approving employee access, some of who have roles that require different levels of access to financial, personnel or sales and customer data, and can change during the course of a year. 

Multicard, a unit of Identive Group that supplies credential, identity management and system integration services, has signed a contract with global consumer products company Henkel to provide a global multi-function identity credential service card to Henkel employees.

Multicard will employ its contactless smart card single ID credential to provide building access, time and attendance tracking, payment services in employee cafeterias and PKI applications for network access. 

Codebench Inc. and S2 Security Corp. announced that Codebench’s PIVCheck Plus software suite, a card validation, authentication, and registration solution for HSPD-12 compliance, now integrates with the S2 NetBox Extreme and Enterprise systems from S2 Security Corporation.

Pairing the PIVCheck Plus solution with S2’s physical security management systems will enable automatic updates to cardholder records within the S2 system, streamline security management and ensure up-to-date user status. 

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has certified Good Technology’s secure Android OS-based platform (Secure Android), which enables the Global Information Grid to use Good’s Good for Government mobile device management and data loss prevention capabilities.

With the Secure Android platform, U.S. Department of Defense employees can securely sign, encrypt and decrypt e-mail, apply a secure partition on the device for business apps and access an Intranet.

This is the first DISA-certified Android OS product that meets Security Technical Implementation Guide standards established by DoD Directive 8100.2, which requires use of secure, multipurpose Internet mail extension in conjunction with a DoD common access card and interoperability with the DoD’s PKI. 

Our cyber world has grown and spread rapidly. It enables us to do our jobs faster and more efficiently and gives us unprecedented access to information, whether we’re in the office or on the go.

However, the ubiquitous manner in which cyberspace has integrated into our culture and daily lives generates some of the most serious and critical challenges currently faced by our society. The great technological innovation and improvement that cyberspace has brought to our society cannot be overlooked. However, in doing so, it has also created a dependence upon which many of us have come to rely – a safe and secure cyberspace.

The President has declared that the cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges that we face as a nation. Recent data breaches have highlighted the importance of building a secure digital infrastructure. With this intensified focus on cybersecurity, the government has initiated many efforts to protect our nation from cyber threats. Chief among them are programs such as the Federal ICAM Initiative and National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), which are driving a number of changing cyber security trends. 

ARX received FIPS 201 approval from the U.S. Government’s General Services Administration on the Approved Products List for compliance for its PrivateServer network-attached hardware security module.

The ARX PrivateServer HSM is a network-attached HSM and key management system. It comes with a load balancing option, and enables organizations to stay in compliance with several regulations that address information privacy and integrity.