Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 8550 EN - Manual (Page 7)

7 Alcatel-Lucent | OmniAccess 8550 Web Services Gateway
DATA INTEGRITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
The OmniAccess 8550 WSG secures data in real time through hardware engines’ dedicated encryption
and digital signing. Each transaction can be secured using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer
Security (TLS) and data is secured by encryption. Whether application data is in transit or stored, it is secured
with state-of-the-art encryption technology. However, while sensitive data is secured from misuse, it is
always available when and where it is needed (internally or externally).
CONCLUSION
The OmniAccess 8550 WSG is a corporate-wide solution designed to secure
multiple services over a reliable and secure SOA backbone. By inserting itself
into the XML message transaction flow, the OmniAccess 8550 WSG creates a
single point for run-time policy enforcement thus assuring regulatory compliance
and providing a single point for consolidated audit trails. The OmniAccess 8550
WSG means that web-service based business process integration doesn’t have to
mean an increase in risk; with the OmniAccess 8550 WSG financial institutions
deploying web services reduce their exposure to both external and internal
information misuse while easing the IT demands of corporate governance and
regulatory compliance.
The OmniAccess 8550 allows easy integration with external partners through identity interoperability,
enabling cross-validation between partners and the extension of virtual services.
Coordinating authentication systems has several benefits. First, by interfacing with existing authentication
systems, the OmniAccess 8550 reduces the overall complexity of the system, creates flexible security that
allows partners to be added or removed with out major infrastructure changes, and allows partners to
individually maintain their own corporate governance. Second, it allows users to travel between sites and
still have access to network services. And finally, a single point of control for partner access reduces the
total cost of ownership (TCO) of the system.
For partners that do not have their own authentication system, such as an independent contractor, the
OmniAccess 8550 WSG can extend virtual services, which provide proper authenticated access while limiting
the exposure to security threats.