To streamline User Management/Authentication and to control Access to Applications/Resources. Oracle provides rich features and implementation of selective features has been carried out as per business/project requirements.
In Telecom operations, Oracle access manager was integrated with Oracle Siebel, BVS (Bio-metric Verification System), Areba/SAP, Oracle EBS, AD, MS Exchange and lately with Oracle Fusion Cloud. Since Weblogic is integral part / prerequisite for this deployment, software based load balancing for web based services/traffic. Application rights for franchises (8-10K users) was also part of the objective. This included HR resignation queries, stale user audits, password management, suspension, restoration, creation, deletion etc.
A utility sector involved Two Factor authentication/OTP, role management, user automation (provisioning, deletion, self-service (OIM) with Oracle EBS - integrated with LDAP - leveraging workflows for on-boarding and off-boarding. There are third-party connectors for some applications in use as well.
In financial sector, there was integration with existing IBM application AS/400, some disconnected (no DB) applications. One objective was more than 30K User profiling/automation, AD Integration, user lifecycle management with Application Access control). Self-Service portal/dashboard, DBAT/Connectors, workflows development, Single-Sign On and Multi-factor authentication.