DECENTRALIZED ADMINISTRATION OF ACCESS TO TARGET SYSTEMS IN IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

摘要

An aspect of the present invention provides for decentralized administration of access to target systems. In an embodiment, an identity link system is provided between an identity manager and target systems, with the identity manager being required to interface with the identity link to access the target systems. The identity link maintains all the connector information for accessing the target systems such that the information need not be provided to the identity manager. Accordingly, the identity link can be co-located with target systems, for example in a remote data centre, such that access to the target systems can be controlled by administrators of the remote data centre, thereby providing decentralized administration.