Bangkok--16 Mar--DC Consultants and Marketing Communications
Joint solution combines PricewaterhouseCoopers' advisory and compliance experience with the Sun Java System Identity Management Suite to help organizations achieve sustainable compliance, reduce risk and control costs.
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Sun Microsystems today announced they will provide a joint solution to help companies leverage identity management to sustain regulatory compliance, improve security and increase process efficiencies. Companies that use Sun's Java System Identity Management Suite also will gain access to PricewaterhouseCoopers' regulatory compliance and business risk management experience.
By working with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Sun, companies can design and deploy an identity management solution that will help them maintain secure access control and help them meet certain aspects of their regulatory compliance requirements.
To date, the two companies have jointly hosted various seminars, trainings and product presentations in Thailand. In addition to companies who face considerable difficulties with identity information, key clients in the telecommunication and banking sectors in Thailand have already been briefed through a series of meetings and road-shows on how the solution can benefit them.
"It's obvious now that compliance tops the list of most businesses and institutions involved in security planning--whether they are focused on legislation such as the U.S.-based Sarbanes-Oxley, specific industry regulations such as HIPAA, European Union data protection directives, or other country-specific compliance laws,” said Dr Thanachart Numnonda, director of business development at Sun Microsystems (Thailand) Ltd. “Identity management products and services are one part of a solution capable of providing enterprise-wide user access controls and provisioning, which can strengthen an organization's internal controls process. Too many critical processes are handled manually today. Automating such steps as user de-provisioning through identity management is definitely a step in the right direction for both adhering to compliance and streamlining the environment," he added.
“This new endeavour in Thailand is an extension of our success in satisfying the needs of clients in different businesses throughout the world,” said Pongsak Achakulwisut, PricewaterhouseCoopers Thailand’s partner and IT advisor. "The Sun Java System Identity Management Suite helps companies to automate identity management across enterprise applications and their entire organization, ultimately assisting companies to achieve repeatable, sustainable compliance. This strategic alliance allows us to provide significant expertise in both compliance and identity management on secure and scalable solutions from Sun to benefit our customers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has developed a methodology for identity management implementations based on its experience with over 125 identity and access management deployments. Companies choosing to implement the joint solution will gain assistance from PricewaterhouseCoopers through workflow processes that help support segregation of duties, which is critical to the creation of an identity management solution that can support compliance sustainment. Together, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Sun will assist companies with the deployment of the Sun Java System Identity Management Suite or components of the suite.
The Sun Java System Identity Management Suite allows secure control over access and use of information systems, and provides key components, such as: user provisioning/deprovisioning, access management, password management, account management, directory management, and robust auditing, and reporting. The Sun Java System Identity Management Suite currently includes: Sun Java System Identity Manager, Sun Java System Access Manager, Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition, and Sun Java System Identity Auditor, a comprehensive identity audit solution for improving audit and compliance performance.
About PricewaterhouseCoopers
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About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com or at http://sg.sun.com for Asia South
For more information, please contact:
Chantaporn Niyompeetikul
Sun Microsystems (Thailand) Ltd.
Phone: 0-2344-6830
Email: [email protected]
Pimwisa Thiensri, Wannida Sirithepvimarn Pricewaterhouse
Coopers Thailand Tel. 0-2344-1000 ext. 4057, 4845
E mail: [email protected] , [email protected]
Marut Taveepetch, Tapanee Nanthavisai
DC Consultants and Marketing Communications
Phone: 0-2610-2362, 0-2610-2382Email: [email protected]
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