Top 20 AM Tool Features Part 4
Top 20 AM Tool Features Part 4
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In this week’s article, we complete our series of posts where we examine the top features to look for in a modern identity and access management system.
Top 20 AM Tool Features Part 3
Top 20 AM Tool Features Part 3
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In this week’s article, we continue the series of posts where we examine the top features to look for in a modern identity and access management system. We have started with access management, but plan on doing later installments on identity management and data stores.
Top 20 AM Tool Features Part 2
Top 20 AM Tool Features Part 2
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In this week’s article, we continue the series of posts where we examine the top features to look for in a modern identity and access management system. We have started with access management, but plan on doing later installments on identity management and data stores.
Top 20 AM Tool Features Part 1
Top 20 AM Tool Features Part 1
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In this week’s article, we begin a series of posts in which we examine the top features to look for in a modern identity and access management system. We will start with access management (AM), but plan on doing later installments on identity management and
SIS Quick Note: Enhanced Audit Detail for SAML Assertions
SIS Quick Note: Enhanced Audit Detail for SAML Assertions
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We have a customer that aggregates all their SiteMinder audit logs using a log parser tool named NxLog. It is configured to parse the smaccess.log and send the data to a centralized Syslog server. By default, SiteMinder will not include any details about the SAML assertion generation.
SIS Quick Note: How do you change the max user attribute size for SAML
SIS Quick Note: How do you change the max user attribute size for SAML
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A customer recently implemented a new SAML partnership and the new partnership requires several multi-value attributes to be included in the assertion. One of the values being included exceeds the default attribute length of 1024 characters allowed by SiteMinder.
Troubleshooting – Intermittent 500 Errors with Federation
Troubleshooting – Intermittent 500 Errors with Federation
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As a part of a new series of articles focusing on troubleshooting IAM system issues, this week we have a post about intermittent 500 errors during federation. In each article, we will present the reported issue, what we found during troubleshooting, and how the problem
Auth0 IdP to SiteMinder SP
Auth0 IdP to SiteMinder SP
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In this article, we will walk the reader through configuring Auth0 as an Identity Provider (IdP) and SiteMinder as the Service Provider (SP). Create Enterprise Connection in Auth0 Navigate to the Enterprise option under Connections in the Auth0 dashboard. Select Create (+) on SAML option.
Symantec Siteminder SP testing with Jmeter
Symantec Siteminder SP testing with Jmeter
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While it's usually a straightforward effort to support customers that are deploying inbound SAML for a client, on occasion the technical staff at the IdP lacks the required experience and we are brought in to troubleshoot the content or structure of the inbound SAML assertion.
Apache Tomcat AJP Vulnerability
Apache Tomcat AJP Vulnerability
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Apache Tomcat is often used as the application server for CA SiteMinder Federation Services. On February 11th, 2020, the Ghostcat – Apache Tomcat AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-10487) was published (http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html). This vulnerability spanned multiple versions of Apache Tomcat. Apache Software Foundation recommended upgrading Apache