CA's IAM solution will help organizations more securely and efficiently enable their businesses with service oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services.

"CA Identity and Access Management is the cornerstone solution within CA's security management offerings and is an essential component of an integrated approach to IT management. As IT organizations are called upon to provide a wider range of services to more users and user communities-and as IT security controls come under increased regulatory scrutiny-the management of identities and access rights is becoming more challenging than ever," says Ganesan Lakshmanan, team leader, Security Management at CA "The IAM solution addresses this challenge by empowering IT to more effectively and efficiently manage access to data and applications-even in SOA and Web services environments"

CA is rolling out CA IAM r12 in phases. The first phase features CA SOA Security Manager, an innovative solution that provides comprehensive identity-based Web services security-including authentication, authorization, auditing and protection against XML threats-all in a single integrated solution. It also includes new versions of CA SiteMinder, CA Directory, and five CA solutions for z/OS.

CA IAM r12 provides identity lifecycle management; access management; workflow automation; delegated administration; reporting; federation and other capabilities IT organizations require to efficiently and securely deliver critical business services and provide internal and external users with an enhanced customer experience-regardless of platform.