Boosting Government Security

Open Up Public Services, Securely

Managing a public sector IT department has become like riding down a river with each foot on a different log—the public wants better, more efficient network-based services from their governments while the demands of community safety and security leave zero tolerance for network access security breaches.

Government network administrators are constantly managing the needs of the business with the need to keep data secure.

An Identity Engine for Change

Matching the conflicting needs for openness and security is easier with the Ignition™ 3000E identity management platform from Identity Engines.

Because Ignition is built on an open source, XML-based API, it easily integrates into other solutions for control, information export and import and automation which will help reduce both short-term and long-term integration administration costs. Ignition also offers tested and certified interoperability with a wide range of network devices, user repositories and authentication systems.

Deploying Ignition across the entire government network will be easier than ever since the platform is designed for large-scale, distributed use, including a centralized policy management engine that allows network administrators to better, more precisely control access and manage session provisioning, previously impossible or too costly to manage.

Ignition offers a high-level of security through its encrypted file system and embedded mechanisms to prevent buffer overflow and denial-of-service (DoS) attached. Because every user interaction – from employees to guests – on the network is recorded, regardless of how they accessed the network, reviewing compliance audits has been simplified, enabling immediate resolution of policy violations.

Right for Many Sectors

The Identity Engines Ignition platform can benefit a wide range of public sector services, including:

• Defense—where restrictions of access to privileged data are of the highest order of importance, Ignition provides industry-leading levels of security, flexibility and cost-effectiveness in identity management.
• Local Government—ensures restrictions on employee handling of citizen data are rigorously observed, while allowing secure, individual citizens access to important information.
• Education—from pre-school programs to the university level, Ignition helps educational entities ensure that network access to sensitive information is restricted to those that need to know about it, while also making it possible to provide secure access privileges to further the exploration of information that is available on the Web.