Use Enterprise Identities For Cloud Based Applications

Organizations today are using Cloud based applications (using Software-as-a-Service), hosting applications in the Cloud (using Infrastructure-as-a-Service), and even developing applications in the Cloud (using Platform-as-a-Service). Regardless how your organization is leveraging the Cloud, all these applications in the Cloud still need to have access control. These Cloud applications will require access to enterprise identities and access policies. Replicating identity and policy data into each Cloud based service runs contrary to identity management best practice. Vordel API Server makes it possible to extend your existing enterprise identity and access management (IAM) platform beyond the network perimeter to protect Cloud based applications and services.

Deploy Identity And Access Management Services

Cloud based applications require access to IAM services. Examples of these services include: authentication, authorization, create identity, lookup attribute, ...etc. These services are preferable REST APIs to better support Web 2.0 and mobile architectures. These APIs need to be accessible via the Internet. These APIs need to be secured and highly available. Existing enterprise IAM platforms have some web services interfaces and Java APIs. Few have REST style APIs. None have APIs that are accessible via the Internet. Vordel API Server takes legacy IAM interfaces and transform them into REST APIs on-the-wire. Vordel API Server also provides an out-of-the-box delivery platform for the security, delivery and management of these IAM APIs.

Extend Your Enterprise Identity And Access Management Platforms

Most medium and large organizations have deployed enterprise wide IAM platform from leading vendors such as CA, IBM, Oracle, and RSA. These IAM platforms are the authoritative source for identities and access control policies. It only makes sense to leverage these IAM platforms as the foundation of your Cloud IAM services. Vordel API Server provides pre-built integrations to all the leading IAM platforms. In addition to transforming legacy interfaces into Cloud-ready IAM APIs, Vordel also extends these IAM platforms with comprehensive SAML and OAuth federation support, as well as extending these user-centric platforms to handle access control for REST and SOAP-style APIs.

Unified Identity And Access Management Services for Cloud & Mobile

These Cloud-accessible REST-style IAM APIs are not only for Cloud based applications. These light-weight REST APIs are also ideal for mobile applications. Vordel API Server enables organizations to deploy a unified Cloud + mobile IAM services platform that is consistent with the enterprise IAM platform already deployed. This unified platform ensures consistent enforcement of access policies, always up-to-date identity information, and a single-pane-of-glass visibility for auditing and monitoring.