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Symphony to develop web-based application security solution
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 09 September 2008, 23:59 IST
Bangalore: Symphony Services, an engineering service provider, announced that it will provide future support services for BMC's existing authorization and authentication solutions, Web Access Manager (WAM) and Identity Federation Manager (IFM), while developing, maintaining and supporting the software. Symphonys product development team will deliver a new, updated Java-based version of WAM/ IFM. Symphony also plans to deliver by Q4 2008 an updated .NET version of the software as part of its strategic, long-term roadmap to ensure WAM/IFM continues to be a critical component of customers' multi-layered security strategy.
"BMC has worked closely with Symphony Services to deliver a Java-based version of WAM to customers and establish a replacement for our Web-based application security solution ," said Gilit Segal, Director, R&D, BMC Software. It will also work closely with current WAM/IFM customers to create a Client Advisory Board to serve as a liaison between the development team and the market. The Client Advisory Board will play a central role in ensuring future WAM/IFM versions continue to address customer needs. Leading industry analysts who estimate that the worldwide market will exceed $3 billion by 2009 - point to the increased incidences of security vulnerabilities and identity theft as the major drivers for corporate deployments of front-end security solutions for Web-based applications.
The firm has released for general availability the new Java-based version of WAM/IFM and is finalizing the .NET version to ensure Microsoft-centric IT environments can leverage the full IT security benefits of the software. Symphonys standing as a Microsoft Gold Partner positions it to engineer a long-term WAM/IFM product vision that meets the most pressing IT security concerns for Microsoft-centric IT organizations across the vertical spectrum.
Over 60 enterprise customers currently rely on BMC's WAM as a critical solution to secure Web- based applications against attack. Symphonys Product Line Management (PLM) Group will develop, test and support a WAM software product, starting with the September release. Symphony's PLM Group will also lead WAM/IFM licensing and maintenance contracting for the new product, and serve as the central point of contact for customer support issues.
WAM is a comprehensive, standards-based Web access management solution that helps companies address identity and access management challenges. WAM allows for central management of disparate internal and external users, as well as their individual access privileges to resources that reside across IT environments. The solution includes configurable audit and access logging features to meet todays aggressive regulatory compliance and user privacy requirements. Harnessing the power of a federated security approach, IFM provides infrastructure that enables identities and relevant entitlements to be propagated across security domains.
