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User Management and Application Access

The typical Information Technology (IT) department faces a constant demand to maintain user accounts. IT administrators must address urgent needs of users, such as resetting forgotten passwords, creating new accounts, and providing supplies and office equipment.

Simultaneously, IT administrators must provide users with various levels of access to applications. For example, a department manager generates purchase orders and needs an account in a financial application.

To address the escalating demands on IT, CA IdentityMinder provides an integrated method of managing users and their access to applications, including:

• Assignment of privileges through roles. Specifically:
  • Roles that enable administrators to create and maintain user accounts
  • Roles that provision additional accounts to existing users (requires provisioning support)
• Delegation of the management of users and application access
• Self-service options so users can manage their own accounts
• Integration of business applications with CA IdentityMinder
• Options to customize and extend CA IdentityMinder