Delivering Open, Standards-based Access Control and Federation Services Across Intranets and Extranets. Sun Java System Access Manager is a security foundation that helps organizations manage secure access to an enterprises'  Web applications both within the enterprise and across business-to-business (B2B) value chains. It provides open, standards-based authentication and policy-based authorization with a single, unified framework. It secures the delivery of essential identity and application information to meet today's needs and to scale with growing business needs, by offering single sign-on (SSO) as well as enabling federation across trusted networks of partners, suppliers, and customers.

At a Glance
Sun Java System Access Manager goes beyond Web single sign-on. It is a standards-based solution that provides secure and scalable access to resources within and across the enterprise, delivering secure access management for:

• Improved security
• Increased security through role- and rule-based access control
• Enhanced user experience through single sign-on across heterogeneous IT environments
• Increased revenue opportunities by enabling trusted partnerships with authentication and authorization across federated business networks
• Reduced administrative costs through centralized security policy enforcement

Key Features:

• Single sign-on (SSO)
• Centralized authorization services
• Federated Identity support
• J2EE architecture and comprehensive APIs
• Enterprise-class scalability and reliability
• Real-time audit

System Requirements
Operating Systems and Platforms:

• Sun Solaris 9 and 8 Operating Systems (SPARC Platform Edition) for 32- and 64-bit Systems
• Sun Solaris 9 Operating System (x86 Platform Edition)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS

Policy Agents:

• Sun Java System Web Server
• Sun Java System Application Server
• Apache Web Server
• BEA WebLogic Application Server
• IBM WebSphere Application Server
• IBM HTTP Server
• Lotus Domino
• Microsoft IIS
• Oracle
• Tomcat Application Server

Enterprise Applications:

• Oracle
• PeopleSoft
• SAP
• Siebel

Supported Standards:

• Java Authentication and Authorization Service
• Liberty Alliance Phase 2 (Identity-based Web Services Framework (ID-WSF))
• Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)
• SAML 1.1 Specification
• SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) 1.1
• SPML (Service Provisioning Markup Language)
• SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
• XML Digital Signature
• XML Encryption

Companion Products & Services:

Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition
A secure, highly available, scalable, and easy-to-manage directory infrastructure that effectively manages identities in growing and dynamic environments.

Sun Java System Identity Manager
Integrated user provisioning and identity synchronization services for efficiently and securely managing identity profiles and permissions throughout the entire identity lifecycle.