Tivoli Identity Manager, now called Security Identity Manager, is an identity management solution that provides password management, user provisioning, and auditing capabilities across the enterprise.
ITIM provides administrators with the ability to manage user identities across the enterprise using a single administration console. Each user is provisioned multiple accounts across multiple systems. By tying the accounts together with a single identity, account management becomes simplified and the use of a single username+password combination across many dissimilar systems becomes possible.
ITIM provides the administrator with automated routines to retrieve accounts from multiple systems and enforce various policies across the enterprise. By using roles, workflows, and lifecycle rules, administrators can enforce security policies across all enterprise systems. When tied into an account feed such as an HR system, ITIM can provision and revoke accounts automatically as employees are hired, move within the company, and leave the company.
