8 Password Management

This chapter explains how you can integrate with Oracle Identity Manager for centralized password management features. Topics include:

Oracle Identity Manager Password Management Support for Oracle Identity Management
Oracle Identity Manager Password Management through Connectors
Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Suite ESSO-PR for Password Reset

8.1 Oracle Identity Manager Password Management Support for Oracle Identity Management

Oracle Identity Manager's password management feature includes password policy support and self-service administration for password reset and password change. Oracle Identity Manager provides centralized password management for other Oracle Identity Management components where password management is needed.

Table 8-1 shows the supported integrations:

Table 8-1 Oracle Identity Manager Password Management Support for Oracle Identity Management

Oracle Identity Manager Integration with	Additional Information
Oracle Access Manager	Deployment Options for Password Management in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Integration Guide for Oracle Access Manager.
Oracle Adaptive Access Manager	Deployment Options for Password Management in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Integration Guide for Oracle Access Manager.
Oracle Access Manager and Oracle Adaptive Access Manager combined	Deployment Options for Password Management in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Integration Guide for Oracle Access Manager.

8.2 Oracle Identity Manager Password Management through Connectors

Oracle Identity Manager provides centralized password management for enterprise applications, a feature that you can leverage by provisioning through its connectors. In this way, you can configure a centralized password policy for the enterprise, allowing your users to specify a single password which can then be provisioned to the various targets where passwords are required.

Password reset, password change, and expiration can all be handled through Oracle Identity Manager's self-service support.

See Chapter 6, "User, Account, and Entitlement Provisioning" for more information on supported connectors.

8.3 Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Suite ESSO-PR for Password Reset

Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-on Password Reset (ESSO-PR) allows users to access their Windows user accounts in case they lose or forget their password, without requiring help desk or technical support, improving the operational efficiency of the enterprise.

For details, see the Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-on documentation library at:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12472_01/index.htm

ESSO-PR documents are located in the Password Reset Documentation section.