Gartner Password Management Tools Administration
Market requirements for enterprise password management tools administration
Password Management
Password Management configures to leading systems, applications and databases. It allows for rapid deployments, flexible IT administration, and low maintenance operations. Password Station gives an enterprise better security at a lower administrative cost.
Avatier Offers:
- Self-service password management 24 x 7
- 100% usage with forced enrollment
- Stronger passwords
- Real-time, scheduled and 1-click reports

Gartner Password Management Tools Business Enablement
| AIMS | Description |
|---|---|
Multiple user enrollment and unenrollment options. | |
Mass enroll with database feed from an LDAP directory and authoritative sources. | |
Automated database driven enrollment with 1 time question expiration for employees, consultants, partners and customers. | |
Self-enrollment for new business users to the system including. | |
Rapid deployments. | |
Low cost deployments. | |
Upgrade ease, automation and transparency. | |
LANDesk Password Central partnership. | |
PIN reset capability for authentication tokens such as smart cards and one-time password tokens. | |
Support for smart cards, RSA tokens, Personal Identification Number (PIN) and biometric voice recognition technologies. | |
Password synchronization and propagation. | |
Password synchronization initiated via target system password change. | |
Configurable queue for number of password tries and time. | |
Any target system password change initiates synchronization, | |
Sync all online available systems without aborting the process when a target system is down. | |
Reset, sync capabilities for targets not natively supported. | |
Sync MS Active Directory. | |
Sync MS Windows password upon UNIX password change. | |
Allow business users to change their Windows password while user logged in. | |
Ability to change cached Windows passwords. | |
Support for multiple password complexity and requirements business rules. | |
Connector management and custom connector development. | |
Agent-based system on each target system. | |
Agent-based system with agents on each target for Unix, as400 and mainframes. | |
Use target systems’ native API for LDAP, SAP, Oracle, Novell, JD Edwards, Infinium, MS SQL, etc. | |
Support password expiration. | |
Support endpoint encryption reset. | |
Support alternative user authentication methods. | |
Support hardware/software one-time password (OTP) tokens, out of band (OOB), etc. | |
Mobile device support. | |
Custom reset and sync capabilities for targets not natively supported out-of-the-box. | |
External identity proofing services support for challenge response. | |
External identity proofing services support for Captcha, “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”. | |
Over 100 reports for IT audit, compliance management, and password policy available out-of-the-box. | |
Reports for compliance regulations FERPA 99.2, NIST 800-53 Access Control (AC), HIPAA 164.308 and 164.310, and NERC CIP 010. | |
Event logging and reporting. | |
International auditing. | |
Email notification logs. | |
Reports creation tool. | |
Report creation tools integration. | |
Reports created through open SQL calls. | |
AIMS risk intelligence integration. | |
Integrated contextual risk scoring. | |
Risk intelligence reports. | |
Risk trending analytics. | |
Automatic notifications of significant events. | |
Configurable notification settings with automatic notifications. | |
Status tracking options of user enrollment. | |
Report mass enrollment successful logins and failures. | |
Identity management capacity based on N+1 architecture. | |
Sold as a standalone product and as part of a Gartner Identity Governance and Administration solution. | |
Identity management for 0-1,000 business users. | |
Identity management for 1,000-2,500 business users. | |
Identity management for 2,500 – 5,000 business users. | |
Identity management for 5,000-10,000 business users. | |
Identity management for 10,000 – 25,000 business users. | |
Identity management for > 50,000 business users. | |
Robust help desk ticketing capabilities. | |
Help desk/problem management system integration. | |
Help desk/problem management system integration for Axios Assyst, BMC, BMC/Remedy ARS, CA Unicenter, Help Desk Clarify, eFrontOffice, FrontRange HEAT, HP Service Desk, LANDesk, Peregrine Service Center, Siebel ERM, SupportSoft and Trivoli Service Desk. | |
Configuration and application connectors out-of-the-box for Agilysys LMS, Agilysys LMS ARTS, Agilysys LMS Cashier, Agilysys LMS Showgate, Agilysys MMS, Bally SDS, Bally SMS, Bally Technologies ACSC – Casino, Bally Technologies ACSC – Slot, BlackboardBlackboard Enterprise Suite, CMS400, Generic Web Service (SOAPS), Google Apps, HP Service Desk, Infinium HCM/FSM, Infinium Self-Service, InfoGenesis POS, JD Edwards Enterprise One, JD Edwards One World, KRONOS AS/400, KRONOS AS/400 User/Manager. | |
Configurable software application connectors out-of-the-box for IBM Lotus Notes (ID Files), IBM Lotus Notes (Web Accounts, McKesson Horizon Clinical (HCI), Micros 9700 POS, Microsoft Forefront, Microsoft Lync, Oracle E-Business Applications, PeopleSoft Remote 8.1/8.4, PeopleSoft 8.4 Above, Remote Command Line, Salesforce CRM, SAP ECC using RPC, SAP ECC with SOAP. | |
Configurable connectors for IBM Directory Server, Linux Fedora Directory Server, Microsoft Active Directory LightweightDirectory Services (AD LDS), Novell eDirectory (NDS), OpenLDAP, Oracle InternetDirectory, Sun Java System Directory Server iPlanet and Sun ONE. | |
Configurable connectors to databases IBM, DB2/UDB, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0/2000, MySQL, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, Sybase |