Identity and Access Management, Identity Governance

OIM LDAP Sync February 17, 2012 by  Ashis LDAP sync (LDAP Synchronization) is the bidirectional process of exposing the security principals (users, user groups, and roles). This process copies OIM user changes (add, modify, delete) to Oracle Internet Directory (OID) via Oracle Virtual Directory (OVD). LDAP sync runs behind the scene and uses scheduled jobs or reconciliation engine to pull changes from LDAP and event handlers to push data to LDAP. Is OVD a mandatory element? It Depends on OIM version. OIM 11.1.1.3.x version requires external OVD server for LDAP Sync. OIM 11.1.1.5 (PS1) versions support both external OVD server as well as inbuilt libOVD (OVD plugin part of OIM ). This means that OVD is an optional component here. LDAP Sync Vs LDAP connector: As some of you might be wondering what the difference is, let me make this clear to you that there are some overlap in functionalities between these options and that you have to consciously choose the appropri...

LDAP sync vs OID connector OID Sync Vs OIM connector into OIM 11G: Update as of 12c version  -  LDAP Sync is not supported in 12c release   (you need to use LDAP connector instead. For details check this here . Here is download link for LDAP connector for 12c . (scroll down to OID connector under OIM 12c connectors) I am writing this article to make it clear then you can decide what 'the best' option is the 'one' to follow into your solution: 1)Ldap Synch is a new feature that allows synchronization between OIM and OID. So, basically we cannot see all that tables into OIM Schema, but we can also follow some of them as 'Recon Events’ and 'Recon Errors' table to be populated. For example: •select a.RE_key,C.USR_LOGIN,C.USR_EMAIL,C.USR_FIRST_NAME,C.USR_LAST_NAME,B.USR_KEY,B.UGP_KEY,B.RE_ENTITY_TYPE,B.RE_CHANGE_TYPE,B.RE_LINK_SOURCE,B.RE_NOTE,B.RE_REASON,to_char(B.RE_CREATE,'DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI:SS') RE_CREATE,to_char(B.RE...

Use of SubjectAltName and SmartCard logon   Note: The UPN is found in the Subject Alternative Field field in PIV Certificate. The UPN attribute is seen as Principal Name in PIV certificate. The value of this attribute is typically email address of the user. However, it could be any other agreed upon value. This example is for Authentication Certificate. For Signing Certificate the Subject Alternative Name may be the email address of the user or the RFC822 Name. These are important for PIV Authentication. The SAN will be used as an identifier during authentication process. PIV Identifiers  https://playbooks.idmanagement.gov/piv/identifiers/ Note: you can only define or configure either UPN based mapping or altSecurityIdentities mapping in Windows Active Directory domain for PIV authentication. UPN and altSecId are the two account linking attributes - you select either one of them. This becomes the default for all your domain users. Defining the Mapping in Active Directory ...

Reduce use of SSN in IT systems Difference Ruby and Python I believe that Python or Golang will be the most prominent language in 5 years. I say Python because it allows you to focus on solving the problem without having to deal with syntactical bs . Python has such a deep and rich ecosystem with libraries such as numpy,scipy,pandas,sympy,django,flask,statsmodels,scikit-learn ,etc. Sure python is not the fastest language but Cython/PyPy make python reach near C speeds. Node.js and Ruby can't match the scientific computing stack that Python provides. But also look out for Golang -- As web startups mainly develop mobile apps, it seems Swift, Javascript, and Java (or Go, if Android development switches to Go) will be the most prominent languages 5 years from now.    As schools have switched from teaching with Java to teaching with Python, when Android development moves to another language, Java usage will experience a major decline. That is, only legacy applications will st...

Integration of Oracle Unified Directory OUD with Oracle Identity Manager OIM   Link Roles defined in Oracle Identity manager (OIM) can be mapped to Groups defined in Oracle Unified Directory (OUD). See below example where a Role in OIM (screenshots from OIM provided) and how they can be mapped to Group in OUD (has screenshot with example) The example below is from Oracle discussion forum. The original LINK is here .   The example is from OIM 11gR2 PS2 but should be valid for 12c versions for OIM and OUD. srivkind-Oracle   Posts: 27   September 2016   edited September 2016 In OIM I create organizations, to reflect the actual company's structure. User is created in OIM and belongs to an Organization. When I browse data in the integrated OUD, the same User has no Organization. Tagged:  oim Best Answer Sandeep Kumar sk   Posts: 482   Bronze Badge   September 2016   edited September 2016   Accepted Answer You define "Groups" in OUD...