CA acquires eTrust Cleanup solution

BANGALORE: Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) has announced the acquisition of an advanced mainframe identity and access management solution, that protects IT environments by automatically identifying and removing obsolete, unused and rogue user Ids and access rights. Terms of the agreement with InfoSec Inc., a privately held provider of specialized products and services for large-scale information security, were not disclosed.






The solution, eTrust Cleanup, helps customers cope with the increased complexity of identity and access management, which is being fueled by government regulations, consumer privacy requirements, Internet-based hacking, virus attacks and other factors.





According to the press release, eTrust Cleanup uses a role-based security structure to help organizations comply with regulatory, statutory and audit requirements, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Basel II and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.





eTrust Cleanup automatically identifies and removes non-essential user IDs and access rights on the mainframe. It also eradicates pre-assigned process IDs used for batch jobs, CICS, terminal, FTP and other processes.





CA has been dealing with eTrust Cleanup as a third-party solution for the past two.