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SiteMinder Authentication and CA Arcot Risk Analysis

You can configure the Adapter for risk evaluation only by integrating a SiteMinder authentication scheme. A SiteMinder authentication scheme that is part of the integration is known as backing authentication.

If you use a SiteMinder authentication scheme as backing authentication, the Shim acts as an interface between SiteMinder and the SiteMinder authentication scheme.

Note: For more information about backing authentication, see the CA Arcot Adapter for CA SiteMinder Installation and Configuration Guide. Not all SiteMinder authentication schemes are supported for backing authentication. For more information, see the r6.0 SP6 SiteMinder Platform Support Matrix.

To deploy SiteMinder authentication and Arcot risk analysis

  1. Complete the steps listed in CA Arcot Authentication and Risk Analysis.

    Important! The integration requires that a SiteMinder Custom authentication scheme is configured. The SiteMinder Custom authentication scheme calls the required Adapter library. This library is required even if you are deploying backing authentication.

  2. Be sure that you configure the SiteMinder Custom authentication scheme with a valid CA Arcot parameter. This parameter must represent a user flow that supports the SiteMinder authentication scheme that is functioning as backing authentication. You enter this value in in the Parameter field.

    Note: For more information about user flows and the corresponding parameter values, see the CA Arcot Adapter for CA SiteMinder Installation and Configuration Guide.

  3. Configure the Shim to use the SiteMinder authentication scheme as a backing authentication.

    Note: For more information about configuring a backing authentication scheme, see the CA Arcot Adapter for CA SiteMinder Installation and Configuration Guide.

The following diagram illustrates this deployment scenario:

CA SiteMinder authentication and CA Arcot risk analysis