Hitachi ID Access Certifier: Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications. Periodic review and cleanup of security entitlements. http://hitachi-id.com/

1. 1 Hitachi ID Access Certifier
Managing the User Lifecycle
Across On-Premises and
Cloud-Hosted Applications
Periodic review and cleanup of security entitlements.
2 Agenda
• Hitachi ID corporate overview.
• ID Management Suite overview.
• The regulatory environment.
• The Access Certifier solution.
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3 Hitachi ID Corporate Overview
Hitachi ID is a leading provider of identity
and access management solutions.
• Founded as M-Tech in 1992.
• A division of Hitachi, Ltd. since 2008.
• Over 900 customers.
• More than 11M+ licensed users.
• Offices in North America, Europe and
APAC.
• Partners globally.
4 Representative Hitachi ID Customers
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5 ID Management Suite
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6 Regulatory Environment
Legislation requiring effective corporate governance and privacy protection is impacting organizations
world-wide.
Sarbanes-Oxley Requires that publicly traded companies comply with the proper reporting
of financial information and control access to this information.
SAS 70 Allows service organizations to disclose their control activities and
processes to their customers and their customers’ auditors in a uniform
reporting format.
HIPAA The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
21CFR11 Electronic signature and system protection regulations by the FDA.
GLB Applies to financial institutions and securities firms, aimed at protecting the
privacy of customer data.
PIPEDA The Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronics Document
Act.
2002/58/EC European Union Privacy Protection Directive.
These regulations call for better internal controls and a policy of least-privilege.
7 IAM is Linked to Regulations
• Many regulations, in many jurisdictions, call for internal controls:
– This implies effective AAA: Authentication, Authorization and Audit.
• Every system already has AAA.
– The weakness is bad user/access data.
• The missing link is business process:
– Appropriate access rights.
– Timely access termination.
– Effective authentication.
• Identity and access management process and technology are needed to bridge the gap between
business requirements and AAA infrastructure.
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8 Compliance Architecture
Build a common architecture to address multiple regulatory requirements:
• Externalize administration of users and entitlements from applications.
• Administration process should be user-focused, not application-focused.
Authentication Authorization Audit Infrastructure
Password management. Automatic access Login ID Firewalls, virus
termination; reconciliation; scanners, etc.
Sod policy Periodic review of
enforcement. user rights.
9 Problem: Users Accumulate Rights
Over time, users change With each transition, users accumulate
roles/responsibilities: entitlements:
• Users change jobs, departments and • From what? There is no record of every
locations. right a user had before, so old rights are
• There are many users, each with access not removed.
to many systems. • To what? Without a role model, it is
impossible to say which of a user’s old
rights should stay and which should go.
• When? A reassigned user may back up
his replacement for a while, so must retain
old rights for an undefined period of time.
10 Access Certification
Access Certifier automates periodic review and cleanup of entitlements:
• Leverages org-chart data.
• Delegates access review, cleanup and certification to managers.
• Automated e-mail reminders to managers and other stake-holders.
• Stake-holders review entitlements on a web form.
• Entitlements are either certified or flagged for removal.
• Stake-holders must sign off on completed reviews.
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11 Access Certifier Features
Access Certifier automates periodic audits of all users and their access rights:
• Orgchart integration:
– Managers are reminded to review their direct subordinates.
• Certification:
– Each manager’s review is completed by an electronic signature, to certify that remaining
entitlements are appropriate.
• Completion:
– Managers are motivated to complete the audit, since failure to do so prevents their superiors’
own audits.
• Roll-up:
– At the end of the process, executives can attest to appropriate entitlements enterprise-wide.
12 Accountability Up the Org Chart
• Managers cannot sign off until all subordinate managers have signed off.
– Creates a chain of accountability, flowing up the org-chart.
• Managers are blocked from sign-off until their subordinate managers finish their own reviews.
– Creates downward pressure throughout the organization to complete the review process.
– Effective, low cost manager motivation.
13 Unique Advantages of Access Certifier
Executive When the CEO or CFO signs off, they are assured that the process has been
Assurance completed globally. They can then attest to this aspect of internal controls in a
SOX compliance statement.
Proactive Managers are automatically asked to review the rights of their subordinates.
Non-response triggers reminders and escalation.
Full coverage Management pressure down the org-chart ensures that the process is actually
completed globally.
Rapid The only requirement is org-chart data. No role definition or user classification.
deployment
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14 Summary
Access Certifier gives CFOs and CEOs assurance of compliance with privacy and governance
regulations:
• Internal controls require clean data about users.
• Improve security by finding and removing orphan and dormant accounts.
• Eliminate unneeded login IDs and security rights left over after users changed jobs.
• Actively engage all managers in a periodic review process.
• Motivate managers to complete the process.
• This is accomplished quickly, without resorting to role engineering.
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www.Hitachi-ID.com Date: March 1, 2012