Hitachi ID Systems Product Releases
Hitachi ID Password Manager
Password Manager is the industry's leading password management solution. Password Manager helps organizations manage passwords and other forms of authentication more effectively to reduce IT support costs, increase productivity and enhance corporate security. Password Manager features include password synchronization, self-service reset, token management, biometric enrollment, certificate management and more.
Current Version: 6.4.8
Release Date: February 16, 2010
Hitachi ID Identity Manager
Identity Manager is a complete user provisioning solution that automates and simplifies the routine tasks of managing users across multiple systems. Enterprise-scale organizations depend on Identity Manager to ensure that their employees and contractors are securely and efficiently connected to vital systems and information.
Identity Manager implements the following business processes to drive updates to users and entitlements on managed systems:
- Automation: copies changes from one system to another.
- Self service: delegates change requests and approvals to users.
- Consolidation: allows administrators to manage multiple systems at once.
- Delegation: empowers departmental or regional administrators with limited authority.
- Fulfillment: gives other systems the ability to manage users through Identity Manager.
Current Version: 6.1.2
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Hitachi ID Privileged Password Manager
Hitachi ID Privileged Password Manager is a system for securing privileged passwords across large numbers of devices. It works by regularly randomizing privileged passwords on workstations, servers and applications. Random passwords are encrypted and stored on at least two replicated servers. Passwords may be disclosed:
- To administrators, after they have authenticated and their requests have been authorized.
- To applications, replacing embedded passwords.
- To Windows workstations and servers, which need them to start services.
Alternately to password disclosure, access may be disclosed by temporarily placing an authorized user into a privileged security group on a managed device.
Password changes and disclosure are closely controlled and audited, to satisfy policy and regulatory requirements.
Current Version: 5.2.3
Release Date: February 16, 2010
Hitachi ID Group Manager
Hitachi ID Group Manager is a self-service solution that enables business users to manage security groups.
Security groups are used by systems and applications to determine what a user has access to. For example, in a Windows environment, user membership in Active Directory groups determines what shares, folders, printers, e-mail distribution lists and other network resources a user can access.
While IT staff generally understand security groups, most business users do not. This makes the interaction between business users and IT staff slow and frustrating for both parties.
The Group Manager user interface enables business users to request things they understand (e.g., access files on a given folder or send documents to a given printer). Group Manager automatically identifies the groups a user would require to perform the desired action and submits an appropriate workflow request to the appropriate group owner or other authorizer, asking for the relevant group membership.
Group Manager improves user service, reduces IT support cost and delay and ensures that group membership is appropriately authorized before being granted.
Current Version: 6.1.2
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Hitachi ID Access Certifier
Hitachi ID Access Certifier is a Hitachi ID Systems solution for distributed review and cleanup of user entitlements. Access Certifier closes the gap between business process, which should determine what user rights are appropriate, and Authentication / Authorization / Audit infrastructure (AAA), where user rights are actually stored and enforced.
Access Certifier ensures that user access rights are current and appropriate by periodically requiring business stake-holders to review user profiles, login accounts and security group memberships. Different stake-holders can be asked to review different users: managers review their direct subordinates, application owners review the users of their applications and security group owners review their memberships.
Using access certification, stake-holders identify no-longer-employed users, unneeded accounts and inappropriate security group memberships. A workflow engine captures these changes, sends them to suitable authorizers for review and -- if they are accepted -- automatically deactivates inappropriate login accounts and group memberships on sensitive systems.
Electronic signatures capture the actions of stake-holders, creating a trail of accountability for access rights that remain after certification and cleanup are complete.
Current Version: 6.1.2
Release Date: February 23, 2010