2.2.1 Oracle Access Manager (OAM

Oracle Access Manager consists of the Access System, and the Identity System. The Access System secures applications by providing centralized authentication, authorization and auditing to enable single sign-on and secure access control across enterprise resources. The Identity System manages information about individuals, groups and organizations. It enables delegated administration of users, as well as self-registration interfaces with approval workflows. These systems integrate seamlessly.

The backend repository for the Access Manager is an LDAP-based directory service that can be a combination of a multiple directory servers, which is leveraged for two main purposes:

• As the store for policy, configuration and workflow related data, which is used and managed by the Access and Identity Systems
• As the identity store, containing the user, group and organization data that is managed through the Identity System and is used by the Access System to evaluate access policies.