Sun Microsystems has released Sun Java™ System Identity Manager 7.0 at Digital ID World. The main enhancement is the combination of the capability to prevent inappropriate user access whilst detecting violations in the company's user access policies.

The two technologies are user provisioning - creating, updating and deleting user access across applications and systems. The other is identity auditing - analyzing applications and systems for identity control violations, notifying compliance officers and addressing policy exceptions.

By combining these capabilities, Sun enables customers to avoid managing two separate processes, bridging the gap between IT security and auditors, internal and external, responsible for compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley. The new offering supports the Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS) -- the most secure OS on the planet -- and extends its market leading security capabilities. This enables control of identities across the operating system, applications, data and physical locations.

"Customers need to simplify and automate compliance efforts. These enhancements to Sun's Identity Management Suite make it easier and cheaper for our customers to manage and report compliance with regulatory mandates," said Sara Gates, Vice President of Identity and Web Services at Sun. "We think innovations like this have industry watchers, such as Gartner*, naming Sun as the worldwide marketshare leader in identity management software based on total software revenue."

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