SOUTHFIELD ? Computer Associates International announced Monday that IDC has been named the worldwide market leader in Identity and Access Management software for the fifth consecutive year.
According to IDC?s report, Worldwide Identity and Access Management 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis, CA?s eTrust security management solutions hold a 20 percent share of the IAM market with revenues exceeding $450 million.
IDC predicts that the market for IAM products will grow to nearly $4 billion by 2009 ? fueled by several factors including the need to comply with regulatory mandates such as Sarbanes Oxley and HIPAA, the increasing incidence of identity fraud, and the continued maturation of standards for identity federation and Web services security.
IDC also says the IAM market will play an increasingly important role by addressing the management of access to resources ranging from business applications and Internet access to telephone systems and physical facilities.
?To appropriately grant and control access to an ever-expanding range of resources within their existing budget and personnel constraints, today?s businesses have to consolidate and streamline the full spectrum of identity and access management processes,? said Bill Bartow, senior vice president of eTrust Identity and Access Management at CA. ?We continue to heavily invest in research and development for IAM and will further leverage our strategic partnerships and acquisitions as the market expands.?
According to IDC, the critical components of identity and access management include: Web single sign-on (SSO), host SSO, user provisioning, advanced authentication, legacy authorization, and directory services. CA?s integrated IAM suite enables customers to centrally deploy and manage their security implementations to reduce the complexity and associated costs of deploying IAM across the enterprise.
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