1.1.5 Protecting Identity Information

Whenever you exchange identity information with other businesses or service providers, you must be concerned with protecting the privacy of your employees, customers, and partners. It is an integral part of trusted business partnerships and regulatory compliance: the ability to establish policies on the exchange of identity information.

Access Manager Appliance enables you to determine which business and personal information from your corporate directory to share with others. As shown in the following illustration, you can choose to share only the information required to establish the account at the service provider or trusted partner:

Access Manager Appliance offers this built-in privacy protection for your employees, partners, and customers alike, wherever they are working. With Access Manager Appliance in place, your organization can guarantee user confidentiality. For federated provisioning, Access Manager Appliance adheres to those same policies and protections.