Advanced Capabilities Integrate Identities and Automate Provisioning Across Multiple Directories to Deliver More-Secure, Less-Expensive Identity and Access Management
Microsoft Corp. today delivered the Microsoft® Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003, a key element of its comprehensive approach to help customers build cost-effective, end-to-end identity management solutions. MIIS improves identity and access management for customers by enabling them to integrate information from multiple repositories for a single, complete view of user information. As a result, MIIS reduces the risk and complexity associated with building, deploying and maintaining a comprehensive identity and access management solution.
"Customers have told us they need an end-to-end solution for managing identity information and access rights," said Bill Veghte, corporate vice president for the Windows Server (TM) Group at Microsoft. "With today's delivery of MIIS, we bring provisioning and metadirectory capabilities together in a single solution that enables customers to create and manage user identities with a single consistent view across the enterprise and throughout the complete life cycle of identity management."
News source: Microsoft PressPass
Microsoft Corp. today delivered the Microsoft® Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003, a key element of its comprehensive approach to help customers build cost-effective, end-to-end identity management solutions. MIIS improves identity and access management for customers by enabling them to integrate information from multiple repositories for a single, complete view of user information. As a result, MIIS reduces the risk and complexity associated with building, deploying and maintaining a comprehensive identity and access management solution.
"Customers have told us they need an end-to-end solution for managing identity information and access rights," said Bill Veghte, corporate vice president for the Windows Server (TM) Group at Microsoft. "With today's delivery of MIIS, we bring provisioning and metadirectory capabilities together in a single solution that enables customers to create and manage user identities with a single consistent view across the enterprise and throughout the complete life cycle of identity management."
News source: Microsoft PressPass
Brightmail said that its monitoring has also found that spam email in the UK is rapidly becoming more offensive.
In June 2003 over 20 per cent of spam was pornographic, making it the second largest UK spam category following the 34 per cent of spam offering products for sale.
In the US only 19 per cent of spam fell into the adult category in June.
Speaking at the UK Spam Summit, Enrique Salem, chief executive at Brightmail, said: "No one thought that spam would be the primary use of email, so they did not have solutions built in to provide better security.
"The spam we saw six months ago is not the spam that we see today. We are in an arms race."
Salem believes that the spam problem could be "under control in the next three years", provided that there are combined efforts from ISPs, technology companies, legitimate direct marketing firms and legislation.
While the volume of adult spam is disturbing, the largest category of spam continues to come from illegitimate direct mail companies that offer products to email users who have not requested to be contacted.
Stephen Timms, minister for energy, e-commerce and postal services, said that the government recognised that spam is a growing problem, and one that could put people off using the internet.
"This is an area where there are huge problems and great frustrations. But it is an area where there are solutions as well," he said.
"We don't want to suggest that spam will disappear, but well thought through regulation, industry action and user awareness can help make big inroads."
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