ISLANDIA, N.Y., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- CA Technologies (Nasdaq:
CA) today announced that CA Federation Manager r12 SP1 deployed on
CA SiteMinder* and CA Identity Manager r12.5 have met the rigorous
requirements of Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 3+ from
the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) Common
Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme.
"These product certifications complement our CA SiteMinder and
CA Access Control certifications. Together they provide important
technologies that enable more secure cloud computing adoption while
still protecting an agency's existing on-premises systems," said
Dave Hansen, general manager of the
Security business at CA Technologies. "This helps IT organizations
secure the dynamic IT supply chain made up of services found in
house as well as outside the firewall."
Common Criteria is an internationally-recognized, independent
security certification recognized by governments in more than 26
countries, including the United
States. Certification is granted when a Common Criteria
testing laboratory determines that a product meets a defined
measure of security. The certification addresses product
functionality, development environment, documentation and product
testing measures.
CA Federation Manager provides standards-based identity
federation capabilities that enable the users of one organization
to easily and securely access the data and applications of other
organizations such as partners, SaaS vendors or cloud service
providers. This is done without the need for redundant user stores
or user administration processes. CA Federation Manager allows an
organization to act as an identity provider (home site of the
user), a service provider (owner of the target application), or
both, to securely connect distinct organizations that are part of
the same ecosystem.
CA Identity Manager provides an integrated identity
administration solution, serving as the foundation for user
provisioning, self-service requests, identity governance, and other
key processes, which help organizations meet compliance
requirements and improve operational efficiencies for better
productivity. CA Identity Manager helps organizations prevent
non-compliant provisioning; eliminate guesswork when providing
role-based access; and provide employees, contractors, and partners
with access to the applications they need the day they start – and
remove access when it's no longer warranted.
The CA Identity Manager r12.5 evaluation was performed on
Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2, Windows Server
2008 (32 bits) and Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 platforms. The CA
Federation Manager r12 SP1 deployed on CA SiteMinder evaluation was
performed on a Linux Red Hat Advanced Server 4.0, Microsoft Windows
2003 SP2, and Solaris 10 platforms.
Both evaluations were done in Booz Allen
Hamilton's Common Criteria Testing Laboratory (CCTL). The
lab is one of only nine U.S.-based CCTLs approved by the NIAP and
meets the Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme. The
Booz Allen CCTL conducts IT security evaluations for conformance to
the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation,
International Standard ISO/IEC 18045:2005.
CA Access Control and CA SiteMinder also have been evaluated
under the Common Criteria, and there are several CA Technologies
security products currently in evaluation for the mainframe
platform, including CA ACF2™ r14 and CA Top Secret® r14.
*Formerly named: CA SiteMinder Federation Security Services r12
SP1
About Common Criteria
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and
the National Security Agency (NSA) established the National
Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) to evaluate IT product
conformance to the Common Criteria for Information Technology
Security Evaluation, an international standard. The program,
officially known as the NIAP Common Criteria Evaluation and
Validation Scheme (CCEVS) is a partnership between the public and
private sectors to help organizations select commercial
off-the-shelf information technology (IT) products that meet their
security requirements and to help manufacturers of those products
gain acceptance in the global marketplace. Twenty-six countries now
recognize the Common Criteria as third-party evaluation criteria
for IT security procedures.
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About CA Technologies
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solutions company with expertise across all IT environments – from
mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies
manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to
deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative
products and services provide the insight and control essential for
IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the
Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT
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