(Source: Business Wire)Radiant Logic, the market leader for virtual directory solutions, today announced the release of the RadiantOne Virtual Directory Server (VDS) Context Edition 5.2. This new release continues Radiant Logic's move towards more sophisticated identity integration through virtualization. The introduction of the Global Identifier & Profile Builder addresses a key challenge of identity management: how to create a unified list of all identities and their profiles drawn from various applications, databases, and directories”without having to centralize security.

Identity and context virtualization allows enterprises with highly distributed, heterogeneous sources of identity to "manage globally and act locally," by delivering a complete view of identity while enforcing security at the data source level. This innovation comes at a time when focusing IdM efforts outside the enterprise is not only essential for security purposes but is also tied to enterprise growth. The move to externally-focused, high-ROI initiatives began with web access management (WAM) and federation, and has extended to SaaS and cloud computing.

"Protecting identities, information and infrastructure happens on two fronts; mitigating insider risk by controlling exactly who has access to a well-defined set of resources, while concurrently focusing outside of the perimeter to prevent evolving threats like online fraud," said Sam Curry, Vice President, Product Management at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. "To help manage this complex task, joint customers leveraging the cutting-edge release of VDS with integrated web access management solutions from RSA will benefit from a streamlined approach to managing diverse user populations and securing their reach into a set of well-defined, valuable assets."

VDS Context Edition is designed to address the challenges of integrating high-volume, heterogeneous identity environments, with multiple user populations (customers, partners, employees) and disparate data sources (directories, databases, web services). By providing a single unified view of customers, VDS Context Edition 5.2 enables enterprise authentication, authorization, and profile management.

"Now enterprises can manage identity globally and also act locally by enforcing security as close to the sources of service as possible," said Michel Prompt, CEO of Radiant Logic.