Security 4X for OpenID Connect

Automate and Streamline Security Authorization for OpenID Connect Environments with Security 4X

OpenID Connect (OIDC), built on the OAuth 2.0 protocol, provides important improvements and benefits for end users and organizations looking to improve their overall security architecture.

While OIDC continues to provide authentication, identity verification and access to devices and applications, Security 4X is a purpose-built solution for managing granular security within an application.

With the Security 4X Connectors for OpenID Connect, customers can combine the strengths of OIDC with management of granular application security. Use Security 4X to govern who has access to which content, features, and roles within an application. Manage thousands of users with coordinated easy-to-modify policies that are meaningful to business and IT. Security 4X provides full auditing and traceability of application security changes, including who made a change, what change was made and when.

Security 4X’s design, testing and publishing approach will help your team scale through control, automation, and auditing of granular application security rules across several important areas:

Day-to-day authorizations – Daily security additions and policy changes cost an enterprise time and money. Security 4X streamlines and delegates the authorization process that enables instant granting or removal of access within an application.
User Migration from tier-to-tier and platform-to-platform – Migrating security from one directory service to OpenID Connect means changing or adding business application level security for the new OIDC user ids. No matter how small or large the requirement is, bulk user migration capabilities are built into Security 4X.
Routine security updates – Whether granting users or groups access to new content, splitting policies or membership groups, or subdividing existing application content, Security 4X provides everything you need to manage these types of changes with ease.
Delegate Security Administration – Security 4X allows non-technical administrative users to manage authorized security policy memberships on-demand. IT can delegate administrative authority to selected business administrators, defining the projects and policies they are permitted to manage.

The Security 4X Application Connector for OpenID Connect directly links granular application security rules with OIDC, streamlining application security management and authorization processes by 90% or more.

Security 4X Advanced Cognos Analytics Connector for OpenID Connect

The Security 4X Advanced Cognos Analytics Connector for OpenID Connect provides additional specialized integration capabilities that are purpose-built to support requirements for IBM Cognos Analytics customers (including IBM CloudPak for Data and IBM Cognos Analytics Certified Container customers):

Set Up Security in Advance – Cognos doesn’t easily accommodate security being applied to an OpenID user until the user has logged in, however with the Security 4X Advanced Analytics Connector for OpenID, all user security and memberships can be set up in advance. Simply add one or many users to a policy and Security 4X will take care of all instructions and changes to Cognos. Whether users have completed the OIDC registration process or not, all security can be in place before the user logs into Cognos for the first time.
On-Demand User Security Changes – Allow business and IT to move one or multiple users between security policies on-demand with changes applied immediately while preserving live user status information from OIDC.
Bulk User Removal – Use Security 4X to automatically remove Cognos user access where users no longer have a valid OIDC status.
Cognos License Compliance Tracking – All changes to security policies or memberships in Security 4X will automatically track against Cognos License Compliance criteria, including reporting of available or used licenses, as well as policy membership counts.
Quick & Easy User Migration – Migrate users from previous namespaces to OIDC accounts, preserving all content from past namespaces and migrating all user permissions.

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