Sun Microsystems Launches Identity Compliance Manager

Sun Microsystems announced the availability of Sun Identity Compliance Manager, a simple and cost-effective solution to help customers better manage business and compliance risks, as well as the costs associated with certifying, auditing and reporting user access to data and applications. With Sun Identity Compliance Manager, customers can expect to significantly lower the cost of achieving compliance, improve their overall security and risk position and see ROI within 90 days.

To purchase Sun Identity Compliance Manager, visit: http://www.sun.com/identitycompliancemanager and to view Sun's ROI calculator, visit: https://www.sun.com/roicalc/identity/?intcmp=1762.

Most companies still rely on manual and inefficient processes to achieve identity compliance. Sun Identity Compliance Manager enables customers to automate controls and reporting associated with access, allowing them to implement complete and repeatable audits. Organizations can also use Sun Identity Compliance Manager to monitor changes in user access as they occur and correct erroneous access immediately. As a result, customers can maintain compliance and mitigate potential business risks in near real-time.

"With the addition of Sun Identity Compliance Manager, Sun continues to solidify our leadership position in the identity management market," said Mark Herring, vice president of marketing, Software Infrastructure, Sun Microsystems.

"With tight IT budgets, tougher regulations and security mandates to protect against internal and external threats, Sun Identity Compliance Manager offers customers an effective and automated solution to manage their challenging compliance needs head-on and potentially cut their compliance costs in half."

Sun Identity Compliance Manager also integrates with leading user provisioning solutions, allowing companies to avoid costly duplication. With this integration, customers are able to take advantage of existing connections to the applications provisioned by these systems for both collecting access data and for completing remediation requests.