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CA Arcot WebFort and RiskFort

You use the CA Arcot Adapter^™ (Adapter) to integrate SiteMinder with an on–premise implementation of the CA Arcot WebFort strong authentication solution and the CA Arcot RiskFort adaptive authentication solution.

Consider the following before you begin:

• The integration requires a minimum version of the Adapter and CA Arcot RiskFort.
• The integration requires a minimum version of CA Arcot WebFort.

Note: For more information about the supported versions, see the r12.0 SP3 SiteMinder Platform Support Matrix.

The purpose of the following diagram is to:

• Illustrate how the Adapter and its components, CA Arcot RiskFort, and CA Arcot WebFort integrate in a SiteMinder environment.
• Detail the major components and their general relationships. This is not a workflow diagram.

Note: For more information about installing and configuring all CA Arcot components, see the CA Arcot documentation.

More information:

Locate the CA Arcot Documentation

Authentication in an On–Premise Arcot Integration

CA Arcot assumes authentication services in an integrated environment by guiding users through the authentication (CA Arcot WebFort) and risk evaluation (CA Arcot RiskFort) processes. During the authentication process:

• CA Arcot WebFort provides the strong authentication, which helps to ensure that the identities of the users requesting the SiteMinder–protected resources are legitimate.

  Note: For more information about strong authentication, see the CA Arcot WebFort Installation and Deployment Guide. For more information about configuring the supported authentication methods, see the CA Arcot WebFort Administration Guide.

• CA Arcot RiskFort collects a range of data to complete a risk evaluation, which determines the level of risk associated with each transaction.

  Note: For more information about risk evaluation and risk scores, see the CA Arcot RiskFort Installation and Deployment Guide. For more information about configuring risk scoring, see the CA Arcot RiskFort Administration Guide.

The result of the risk evaluation is a risk score and corresponding advice, which is a recommend action, such as allow or deny the authentication.

CA Arcot forwards the advice to the Policy Server, which if necessary, continues with its authorization services.

Note: For more information about the Adapter workflow and the role of each CA Arcot component during authentication, see the CA Arcot Adapter for CA SiteMinder Installation and Configuration Guide.

More information:

Locate the CA Arcot Documentation