Setting the Windows Security Context with SiteMinder

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Note: Portions of this post come from details in the SiteMinder Policy Server Configuration and User Context Gateway Guides Copyright © by CA Technologies. Overview: In a Windows network, a security context defines a user’s identity and authentication information. Web applications … Read more

Working Around SiteMinder 500 Errors for Unauthorized Federation Service Provider Access

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Overview: SiteMinder provides federation capabilities for SAML (and other protocols). SiteMinder’s federation capabilities are accessed through a set of web services installed with the Web Agent Option Pack. The federation web service throws a 500 error instead of automatically redirecting … Read more

Configuring SiteMinder SNMP on Red Hat 5

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Note: Portions of this post come from details in the SiteMinder Admin and Install Guides Copyright © by CA Technologies. Overview This post cover details on how to configure SiteMinder’s SNMP services on Red Hat 5.  The SiteMinder SNMP module enables … Read more

Collection of Useful SiteMinder Videos

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CA SiteMinder is a sophisticated product with a considerable number of options and deployment scenarios.  The product also is constantly evolving to meet new requirements and challenges.  This post contains links to some of the recent videos that we have … Read more

Putting the Practical Back in IAM

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Let’s face it: explaining Identity & Access Management to a layperson isn’t easy. How often do those of us who work in the space respond to the simple question “so what do you do?” at a cocktail party or a … Read more