Security Adapter SDK

Oracle offers the Siebel Security Adapter Software Developers Kit (SDK) to allow companies to build additional security adapters. Such additional adapters can support other authentication technologies such as biometrics or smart cards.

For example, a security adapter might be created for a portable device that provides users with a key that changes at frequent intervals. When a security adapter for this device is deployed, only by supplying both the currently displayed key and the user’s password or other credentials can the user gain access to the Siebel application.

The security adapter interface is critical to the Siebel architecture because, for most Siebel customers, authentication has become an enterprise decision, rather than an application-specific decision. The authentication service can be a shared resource within the Enterprise, thereby centralizing user administration.