Additionally, Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems audits application and platform activity. This capability provides the assurance your customers, employees and partners expect-and the rigorous auditing the government and senior management requires.
Super-users of Linux and Unix systems are traditionally exempt from access control restrictions and are often able to modify audit logs to hide their activities. Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems addresses both of these common compliance audit issues by providing controlled super-user access and tamper-proof auditing; providing more secure and complaint server systems for running mission-critical applications.
IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems, Version 6.0 Highlights:
Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems erects a secure perimeter around sensitive resources to restrict access regardless of a user's administrative status. It establishes controls that even extend to administrative ("root") users. Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems tracks users throughout their use of system resources and applies a comprehensive security policy to protect applications. Unlike competitive offerings, Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems provides these controls without adding the administrative burden of changing your business processes. In addition, to help you comply with your audit requirements, Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems provides Persistent Universal Auditing-a secure and flexible auditing tool that maintains secure 24x7 audit logs on users, programs, files, ports, resources and systems.
Integration with IBM Tivoli Identity Manager extends UNIX and Linux user management by allowing UNIX and Linux identities, passwords and permissions to be managed along with those of other platforms and directories. These platforms and directories include Microsoft Windows, IBM AS/400 and the IBM OS/390 Security Server (RACF).
An enterprise-wide view of security can be added through Tivoli Risk Manager. Tivoli Risk Manager can monitor Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems audit events and can then correlate and evaluate these audit events alongside those of other enterprise security events. Consequently, Tivoli Risk Manager can generate a comprehensive view of your enterprise's entire security picture-from perimeter devices such as firewalls to core security services such as Tivoli Access Manager for Operating Systems.