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IT security has become unmanageable for most organisations. There are now so many holes in perimeter defences, like mobile and home based workers, partner collaboration and more, that control is being lost.

There are so many application products with their own security built in, and all different, that administrators have a nightmare trying to keep security policies in place, and users are frustrated by difficulties of access.

Internet threats are becoming ever more sophisticated and dangerous. And yet, organisations need to collaborate with each other much more: telecommunication companies with their interlocking networks, just-in-time manufacturers, high volume retailers with their suppliers, Local Authorities with Police Forces. Marketing demands for improved customer services are driving the need for better integration of applications in to Services Oriented Architectures (SOA). At the same time, laws and regulations are ever more demanding of compliance with legal and fiduciary duties, while integration and collaboration adds huge complexity to security issues.

Cost pressures are growing, and good security skills are in short supply.

  Managed Application and Business Service Security

  Gain control of how users, both internal and external, access your applications and services, and manage the changes on an on-going basis, otherwise you cannot know your security status or be able to control it.

 Central Security Administration  

  Security must be centrally managed, otherwise it cannot reflect corporate compliance and policies; but this means that much greater access policy control capabilities are required.

 Ease of Use and Integration     It must improve the administrators’ and users’ experiences, and support and integrate with SOA, otherwise security is more of a burden than a benefit.  Secure Business Collaboration and Partnerships Networks

  Your security infrastructure must support collaboration with partner organisations. This should use a federated approach, because you cannot impose your rules or technologies on them, and it is essential to ensure sustainability and avoid lock-in. 

  Repeatable Electronic Partnerships     Security management should make partnership working easy and repeatable, because bespoke arrangements are very costly and inflexible.

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