Oracle Magazine, July/August 2018
ORACLE MAGAZINE JULY AUGUST 2018 48 tity management in a new more central role in cloud environments In addition to truly deliver single sign on capability to applications identity management technology must include both on premises and cloud applications You really want this identity management infrastructure to be able to bridge these two worlds and allow you to build new applications and new experiences seamlessly across the on premises and the cloud worlds Olden says Oracle Identity Cloud Service is designed to achieve that goal The cloud based technology enables organizations to manage user access to enterprise applications in the cloud and on premises Its also used across all Oracle SaaS PaaS and IaaS cloud services and it supports federated identity with other applications via the SAML and OAuth standards The service includes single sign on so instead of having 10 passwords for 10 applications you have 1 password and its securely integrated into 10 applications Olden says Automatically Secure As the scale and speed of attacks continue to increase security is set to remain at the top of the corporate agenda The automated security technologies in Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud and cloud based identity management with Oracle Identity Cloud Service can help organizations manage the risks As Oracles Samar observes attackers may be nation states organized crime or even disgruntled insiders They come from different angles they could attack your infrastructure operating systems applications users and certainly your databases he says Data is your most critical asset but it could become your biggest liability if not properly secured Mike Faden is a principal at Content Marketing Partners He has covered business technology and science for more than 30 years as a writer editor consultant and analyst Faden is based in Portland Oregon ILLUSTRATION BY PEDRO MURTEIRA NEXT STEPS WATCH Security for the Autonomous Warehouse Database Cloud DOWNLOAD Oracle Database Security Assessment Tool TRY Oracle Identity Cloud Service
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