Entitlement Management As A Security Measure - Processor.com
Posted by Gary E Smith - THE SOA NETWORK at Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:29 PM and is filed under Article 
Entitlement Management As A Security Measure - Processor.com
"As the number and complexity of application and system authorizations (entitlements) grow, it gets harder for IT to track and adjust them manually. But, IT has to stay ahead of entitlements so that these comply with precise security policies. Otherwise, an enterprise constituent could gain more privileges than policies intend, which could lead to security breaches.
Entitlement management, or EM, is a subset of identity management that controls what users can do once they get inside the network, according to Bob West, CEO of Echelon One, an information security research firm. EM enables IT to define granular levels of entitlements across multiple roles, systems, and applications, according to Scott Crawford, research director of security and risk management at Enterprise Management Associates, an IT management market analyst firm. SMEs can use EM solutions to automate entitlement management, keep it from overwhelming IT, and keep security holes that might sprout from “over-authorization” in check."
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